Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading

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UPC:
9780061999840
Maximum Purchase:
3 units
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
2011-06-07
Release Date:
2011-06-07
Author:
Nina Sankovitch
Language:
english
Edition:
First Edition
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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 Rubins The Happiness Project and Joan DideonsA Year of Magical Thinking, Nina Sankovitchssoul-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.