A Real Look at Grief

I can't seem to read enough reviews of Joan Didion's book"The Year of Magical Thinking." This one is particularly good. It strikes me as so odd that such a short time after I tried to figure out why I couldn't throw Kevin's old shoes away, her book appears and she speaks to the very subject -- and explains exactly what my thought process was. Scarey.

Of course I couldn't throw Kevin's shoes away, I thought at the time. He hates going barefoot. What's most astounding is that you're not aware that's what you're doing at the time. It all seemed perfectly logical at the time.

Update, Nov. 1: among the best, is this article from the Washington Post. (rr)