Nina Sankovitch

Nina Sankovitch has always been a reader. As a child, she discovered that a trip to the local bookmobile with her sisters was more exhilarating than a ride at the carnival. Books were the glue that held her immigrant family together. When Nina's eldest sister died at the age of forty-six, Nina turned to books for comfort, escape, and introspection. 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. Through the connections Nina made with books and authors (and even other readers), her life changed profoundly, and in unexpected ways. Reading, it turns out, can be the ultimate therapy. 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. In our lightning-paced culture that encourages us to seek more, bigger, and better things, Nina's daring journey shows how we can deepen the quality of our everyday lives—if we only find the time.

My Year of Magical Reading

Tolstoy and the Purple Chair

How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution

American Rebels

The Lowells of Massachusetts were a remarkable family. They were settlers in the New World in the 1600s, revolutionaries creating a new nation in the 1700s, merchants and manufacturers building prosperity in the 1800s, and scientists and artists flourishing in the 1900s. For the first time, Nina Sankovitch tells the story of this fascinating and powerful dynasty in The Lowells of Massachusetts. Though not without scoundrels and certainly no strangers to controversy , the family boasted some of the most astonishing individuals in America’s history: Percival Lowle, the patriarch who arrived in America in the seventeenth to plant the roots of the family tree; Reverend John Lowell, the preacher; Judge John Lowell, a member of the Continental Congress; Francis Cabot Lowell, manufacturer and, some say, founder of the Industrial Revolution in the US; James Russell Lowell, American Romantic poet; Lawrence Lowell, one of Harvard’s longest-serving and most controversial presidents; and Amy Lowell, the twentieth century poet who lived openly in a Boston Marriage with the actress Ada Dwyer Russell. The Lowells realized the promise of America as the land of opportunity by uniting Puritan values of hard work, community service, and individual responsibility with a deep-seated optimism that became a well-known family trait. Long before the Kennedys put their stamp on Massachusetts, the Lowells claimed the bedrock.

An American Family

The Lowells of Massachusetts

Nach dem Tod ihrer geliebten Schwester verordnet sich die amerikanische Autorin eine Bibliotherapie. Sie will 1 Jahr lang jeden Tag ein Buch lesen und in ihrem Blog rezensieren. Dabei setzt sie sich mit dem Leben, dem Tod und ihren Erinnerungen auseinander.

Tolstoi und der lila Sessel

A history of letters draws on the author's personal correspondence experiences while celebrating what is special about hand-written letters, exploring the traditions of ancient and historical cultures, the practices of famous notables and her thoughts about modern-world communication habits. By the author of Tolstoy and the Purple Chair.

Celebrating the Joys of Letter Writing

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Susan Ridder

Een vrouw probeert het verlies van haar zus te verwerken door elke dag een boek te lezen.

Een boek per dag

Il sogno di ogni bibliofilo. La Sankovitch parla del potere dei libri sulla nostra vita di tutti i giorni e dimostra che la lettura non è un lusso, ma una necessità. – Publishers Weekly

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