Tolstoy and the Purple Chair

"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''s A 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.>

Product details

• Authors: Nina Sankovitch
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.06.2011
• EAN: 9780061999840
• ISBN: 978-0-06-199984-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 217 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: general, Short Stories, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, Feminism and feminist theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Gender studies: women and girls, Literature: history and criticism, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, LITERARY CRITICISM: American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM: Books & Reading, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM: Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM: Short Stories, LITERARY CRITICISM: Feminist