Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch

Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading

Nina Sankovitch

240 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

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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 connectus to our truest selves. --Thrity Umrigar, author of The Space Between UsCatalyzed by the loss of her siste...

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sad 66%
hopeful 60%
inspiring 60%
emotional 53%
reflective 53%
informative 33%
lighthearted 13%
relaxing 13%

Pace

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slow 46%

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