![]() ![]() Tolstoy and the Purple Chair also tells the story of the Sankovitch family: Nina's father, who barely escaped death in Belarus during World War II her four rambunctious children, who offer up their own book recommendations while helping out with the cooking and cleaning and Anne-Marie, her oldest sister and idol, with whom Nina shared the pleasure of books, even in her last moments of life. Reading, it turns out, can be the ultimate therapy. Through the connections Nina made with books and authors (and even other readers), her life changed profoundly, and in unexpected ways. In her beloved purple chair, she rediscovered the magic of such writers as Toni Morrison, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ian McEwan, Edith Wharton, and, of course, Leo Tolstoy. When Nina's eldest sister died at the age of forty-six, Nina turned to books for comfort, escape, and introspection. Books were the glue that held her immigrant family together. As a child, she discovered that a trip to the local bookmobile with her sisters was more exhilarating than a ride at the carnival. Nina Sankovitch has always been a reader. ![]()
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