{"id":7420,"date":"2014-12-05T13:02:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T18:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.wordpress.com\/?p=7420"},"modified":"2020-05-20T13:06:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T17:06:54","slug":"happy-birthday-joan-didion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/happy-birthday-joan-didion\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Joan Didion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/kimberlypearl_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7421\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/happy-birthday-joan-didion\/joan-didion-a-year-of-magical-thinking\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/joan-didion-a-year-of-magical-thinking3.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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