3. 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 46, 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.