Tolstoy and the Purple Chair My Year of Magical Reading

Name: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair My Year of Magical Reading
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ISBN: 9780061999857

ISBN-10: 0061999857

ISBN-13: 9780061999857

Edition: 2011

Authors: Nina Sankovitch

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“Nina Sankovitch has crafted a dazzling memoir that reminds us of the most primal function of literature-to heal, to nurture and to connect us to our truest selves." —Thrity Umrigar, author of The Space Between UsCatalyzed 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 details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 6/19/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.418
Language: English

Nina Sankovitch launched ReadAllDay.org in 2008, and at the end of her year of reading, she was profiled in the New York Times . She continues to review books on ReadAllDay.org and for the Huffington Post . She lives in Connecticut with her husband and four sons.



Prologue: On the Cliff



Crossing the Bridge



Return to the Bookmobile



Such Beauty in the World



In Search of Books and Time



Rearranging the Rhythms



The Only Balm to Sorrow



Looking for the Star



Finding Another Chance



To Welcome the Interloper



Hearing Words I'd Missed Before



Where Warmth Is Found



The Expansion of Experience



Bound to the World



Sex by the Book



The Man in My Dreams



Offering a Better View



Fireflies Dancing Across the Lawn



The Answers That Mysteries Provide



Discovering Purpose in Kindness



Coming off Loulou's Motorcycle



Tolstoy in My Purple Chair


Acknowledgments


Complete List of Books Read from October 28, 2008, to October 28, 2009


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