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

241 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

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After the death of her sister, Nina Sankovitch found herself caught up in grief, dashing from one activity to the next to keep her mind occupied. But on her forty-sixth birthday she decided to stop running and start reading.Catalyzed by the loss o...

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lighthearted 7%

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