Título:
Tolstoy and the purple chair : my year of magical reading / Nina Sankovitch.
ISBN:
9780061999840
9780061999857
Autor personal:
Edición:
First edition.
Información de publicación:
New York : Harper, 2011.
Descripción física:
x, 240 pages ; 22 cm
Contenido:
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.
Síntesis:
After losing her sister to cancer, Nina Sankovitch found herself running faster and faster away from sorrow, guilt, and fear. This book tells the story of how she read one book a day for one year and, in her year of magical reading, found healing, joy and wisdom.
Materia personal:
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ocn670475816
Disponibilidad:
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