The Last Love Song (100 page)

Didion and Dunne in their Malibu home, December 1977, shortly after the publication of
A Book of Common Prayer.
(AP Photo)

Didion in Malibu, June 1979, having just published
The White Album.
(AP Photo)

Didion in her New York apartment, in front of a portrait of Dunne, September 2005, upon publication of
The Year of Magical Thinking.
(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Didion in Dunne's office in their New York apartment, following his death, September 2005.
(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Didion in front of a painting of Quintana in her New York apartment, September 2007.
(AP Photo/ Kathy Willens)

Didion, Dunne, and Quintana on the deck of their Malibu home, October 1976.
(© John Bryson/Sygma/CORBIS)

Didion in 1981, just prior to the publication of
Salvador.
(© John Bryson/Sygma/CORBIS)

Didion in Haight-Ashbury, April 1967.
(© Ted Streshinsky/CORBIS)

Didion in Haight-Ashbury, April 1967.
(© Ted Streshinsky/CORBIS)

Didion in Alcatraz prison, March 1967.
(© Ted Streshinsky/CORBIS)

Didion and Dunne in their New York apartment, 2000.
(© Richard Schulman/CORBIS)

Didion and Quintana at home in Malibu, January 1976.
(John Bryson/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

Didion, Dunne, and Quintana at home in Malibu, January 1976.
(John Bryson/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)