Tolstoy and the purple chair : my year of magical reading / Nina Sankovitch.
- Sankovitch, Nina
- Date:
- 2011
- Books
About this work
Description
After the death of her sister, Nina Sankovitch kept her mind busy by dashing from one activity to another. Then on her forty-sixth birthday, she started reading a book a day and discovered the joy, healing, and wisdom.
Publication/Creation
New York : Harper, 2011.
Physical description
x, 240 pages ; 22 cm
Contributors
Edition
1st ed.
Contents
On the cliff -- Crossing the bridge -- Return to the bookmobile -- Such beauty in the world -- In search of books and time -- Rearranging the rhythms -- The only balm to sorrow -- Looking for the star -- Finding another change -- To welcome the interloper -- Hearing words I'd missed before -- Where warmth is found -- The expansion of experience -- Bound to the world -- Sex by the book -- The man in my dreams -- Offering a better view -- Fireflies dancing across the lawn -- The answers that mysteries provide -- Discovering purpose in kindness -- Coming off Loulou's motorcycle -- Tolstoy in my purple chair -- Complete list of books read, from October 28, 2008, to October 28, 2009.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references.
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineBZP (Sankovitch)Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780061999840
- 0061999849
- 9780061999857
- 0061999857