Graham Greene once said, "Grief and disappointment are like hate: they make men ugly with self-pity and bitterness. ... A superficial reading of this memoir concludes that the work is beautifully, emotionally, and honestly written; even so, Didion's hollow tone in the memoir and the ornate and subdued dictions make the work looks rather like a reference book about grief rather than a memoir. ... Just like what psychiatrist Elizabeth Kubler-Ross said, "You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again, but you will never be the s...

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