Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading

"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.

Author: Nina Sankovitch
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 06/19/2012
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.05h x 5.36w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780061999857