A lot of people compared this book to her last...and they are incredibly different books, though the subject material might not seem so. I'm not sure I would say I 'enjoyed' this book, because it was not enjoyable to read reflections of a person growing older, and feeling quite alone after losing both her husband and daughter. It's easy to get self-reflective. Of course, Didion's prose always rises to the test and there were moments I had tears in my eyes, and there were also moments I laughed out loud.

It was a quick read and I know I'll be reading it again - like many Didion books, there were pages I marked to reread or write down a sentence from for later.