Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
My Year of Magical Reading
New York : Harper, 2011.
Format: Book
Description: x, 240 pages ; 22 cm
"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.
ISBN:
9780061999840 (hardback)
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LITERATURE Reading San | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |