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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication date
April 21, 2015
Pages
207
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781451687163
ISBN-10
1451687168
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Always First Class: The Pleasure of Personal Letters | If You Find This Letter | To the Letter | The Art of the Handwritten Note | To the Letter | Snail Mail | Kind Regards | Tolstoy and the Purple Chair | Gift of a Letter
Always First Class: The Pleasure of Personal Letters | If You Find This Letter | To the Letter | The Art of the Handwritten Note | To the Letter | Snail Mail | Kind Regards | Tolstoy and the Purple Chair | Gift of a Letter
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The author of the much-admired Tolstoy and the Purple Chair goes on a quest through the history of letters and her own personal correspondence to discover and celebrate what is special about the handwritten letter.
Hailed as witty, moving, enlightening, and inspiring, Signed, Sealed, Delivered begins with Nina Sankovitchâs discovery of a trove of hundred year-old letters. The letters are in an old steamer trunk she finds in her backyard and include missives written by a Princeton freshman to his mother in the early 1900s. Ninaâs own son is heading off to Harvard, and she hopes that he will write to her, as the Princeton student wrote to his mother and as Nina wrote to hers. But times have changed. Before Nina can persuade her child of the value of letters, she must first understand for herself exactly what it is about letters that make them so significantâand just why she wants to receive letters from her son. Sankovitch sets off on a quest through the history of letter writingâfrom the ancient Egyptians to the medieval lovers Abelard and Heloise, from the letters received by President Lincoln after his sonâs death to the correspondence of Edith Wharton and Henry James.
Sankovitch uncovers and defines the specific qualities that make letters so special, examining not only historical letters but also the letters in epistolary novels, her husbandâs love letters, and dozens more sources, including her sonâs brief reports from college on the weather and his allowance.
In this beautifully written book, Nina Sankovitch reminds us that letters offer proof and legacy of what is most important in life: love and connection. In the end, she finds, the letters we write are even more important than the ones we wait for.
Hailed as witty, moving, enlightening, and inspiring, Signed, Sealed, Delivered begins with Nina Sankovitchâs discovery of a trove of hundred year-old letters. The letters are in an old steamer trunk she finds in her backyard and include missives written by a Princeton freshman to his mother in the early 1900s. Ninaâs own son is heading off to Harvard, and she hopes that he will write to her, as the Princeton student wrote to his mother and as Nina wrote to hers. But times have changed. Before Nina can persuade her child of the value of letters, she must first understand for herself exactly what it is about letters that make them so significantâand just why she wants to receive letters from her son. Sankovitch sets off on a quest through the history of letter writingâfrom the ancient Egyptians to the medieval lovers Abelard and Heloise, from the letters received by President Lincoln after his sonâs death to the correspondence of Edith Wharton and Henry James.
Sankovitch uncovers and defines the specific qualities that make letters so special, examining not only historical letters but also the letters in epistolary novels, her husbandâs love letters, and dozens more sources, including her sonâs brief reports from college on the weather and his allowance.
In this beautifully written book, Nina Sankovitch reminds us that letters offer proof and legacy of what is most important in life: love and connection. In the end, she finds, the letters we write are even more important than the ones we wait for.
Editions
Hardcover
from Simon & Schuster (April 15, 2014)
9781451687156 | details & prices | 207 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.74 lbs | List price $24.95
About: The author of the much-admired Tolstoy and the Purple Chair goes on a quest through the history of letters and her own personal correspondence to discover and celebrate what is special about the handwritten letter.
About: The author of the much-admired Tolstoy and the Purple Chair goes on a quest through the history of letters and her own personal correspondence to discover and celebrate what is special about the handwritten letter.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Simon & Schuster (April 21, 2015)
9781451687163 | details & prices | 207 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $16.00
About: The author of the much-admired Tolstoy and the Purple Chair goes on a quest through the history of letters and her own personal correspondence to discover and celebrate what is special about the handwritten letter.
About: The author of the much-admired Tolstoy and the Purple Chair goes on a quest through the history of letters and her own personal correspondence to discover and celebrate what is special about the handwritten letter.
With Don Pendelton |
from Harlequin Books (July 1, 1995); titled "Rogue Agent"
9780373611997 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $3.50
This edition also contains Rogue Agent
This edition also contains Rogue Agent
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Alfie Kohn |
from Heinemann (September 1, 2000); titled "The Case Against Standardized Tests: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools"
9780325008936 | details & prices | List price $16.00
This edition also contains The Case Against Standardized Tests: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools
This edition also contains The Case Against Standardized Tests: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools
Library
Large print edition from Center Point Pub (June 1, 2014)
9781628991239 | details & prices | 271 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.96 lbs | List price $34.95
About: The author of the much-admired Tolstoy and the Purple Chair goes on a quest through the history of letters and her own personal correspondence to discover and celebrate what is special about the handwritten letter.
About: The author of the much-admired Tolstoy and the Purple Chair goes on a quest through the history of letters and her own personal correspondence to discover and celebrate what is special about the handwritten letter.
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