Tolstoy and the purple chair : my year of magical reading / Nina Sankovitch.

New York : Harper, 2011.

x, 240 pages ; 22 cm

1st ed.

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.

Includes bibliographical references.