The Year of Magical Thinking is Joan Didion's account of the year following the death of her husband, the writer John Gregory Dunne. The book shows how she attempts to cope with the grief of her husband's death while dealing with the serious illness of her daughter, Quintana. In the book, Didion does something that may seem abnormal to some people. While Didion is cleaning out her husband's closet at work, she cannot find herself throwing away her husband's shoes because "he would need shoes if he were to come back" (Didion). Joan Didion's reactions to death are typically American because of the way Americans cannot cope with death and refuse to accept the idea that their loved one has died while other cultures are able to accept the idea of ​​death because their loved ones are not gone but still there with them. Joan Didion's reaction to her husband's death is typically American because of her inability to cope with her husband's death. “[She] always got up in the morning and sent out the laundry. [She] would always plan a menu for Easter lunch. [She]...