There’s something elegant and old-world lovely about being moved to tears by a book.
As the tragedy and comedy masks that represent theater remind us, there are different kinds of tears. Don’t attempt the heartbreaking read that isby Måns Mosesson without a box of tissues. The pages were wet by the time I closed the book. Weeks later I watered the pages of Loïc Prigent’s wicked collection of quotes collected at fashion shows——which is LOL funny and a reminder of the importance of keeping things in perspective.
The Year of Magical ThinkingWhat I found most remarkable about Didion’s 2005 memoir—which tells the story of the death of her husband and longtime creative collaborator, John Gregory Dunne—was the way that in it, she functioned as both the subject and the observer. As she chronicled that event and its aftermath, when Didion was also caring for her ailing daughter, Quintana Roo, she created a kind of manual for grieving, one that I’ve returned to in moments of loss throughout my life.
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