Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading
Nina Sankovitch, "Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading"
English | ISBN: 0061999849 | 2011 | 256 pages | EPUB, MOBI | 390 KB + 525 KB
English | ISBN: 0061999849 | 2011 | 256 pages | EPUB, MOBI | 390 KB + 525 KB
“NinaSankovitch has crafted a dazzling memoir that remindsus of the most primal function of literature-to heal, to nurture and to connectus to our truest selves." —Thrity Umrigar, author of The Space Between Us
Catalyzedby the loss of her sister, a mother of four spends one year savoring a greatbook every day, from Thomas Pynchon to Nora Ephron and beyond. In the tradition ofGretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project and Joan Dideon’sA Year of Magical Thinking, Nina Sankovitch’ssoul-baring and literary-minded memoir is a chronicle of loss,hope, and redemption. Nina ultimately turns to reading as therapy andthrough her journey illuminates the power of books to help us reclaim ourlives.