She wrote the 1970 novel "Play it as it Lays" & the 2005 memoir "The Year of Magical Thinking"
[DOC] [TLE] Joan Didion | American author | Britannica.com [PAR] Other works by Didion include the short novels Play It as It Lays (1970), A Book of 
... she wrote The Year of Magical Thinking (2005), in which she recounted their ...