Tolstoy and the Purple Chair

Tolstoy and the Purple Chair My Year of Magical Reading

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Publisher's Synopsis

"Nina Sankovitch has crafted a dazzling memoir that reminds us 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

Catalyzed by the loss of her sister, a mother of four spends one year savoring a great book every day, from Thomas Pynchon to Nora Ephron and beyond. In the tradition of Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project and Joan Dideon's A Year of Magical Thinking, Nina Sankovitch's soul-baring and literary-minded memoir is a chronicle of loss, hope, and redemption. Nina ultimately turns to reading as therapy and through her journey illuminates the power of books to help us reclaim our lives.

Book information

ISBN: 9780061999857
Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: Harper Perennial
Pub date:
DEWEY: 028.8
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 196g
Height: 202mm
Width: 136mm
Spine width: 16mm