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| "In a masterful manipulation of the novel’s two time
frames, Dean contrasts time, place and the conditions of the periods
in which the novel is set." -- America – The National Catholic
Weekly -- 05/29/06 |
| "The Madonnas of Leningrad, a debut novel by Debra
Dean, is, simply put, beautiful. There's really no other word simple
enough, yet suitably evocative, to describe this novel." --
Daily Mississippian -- 05/01/06 |
| "It's rare and exciting to read an undiscovered
author's first novel and find it flawless. ...Dean's novel is
achingly beautiful..." -- Seattle Magazine -- 04/06 |
| "...a novel of compelling emotional strength...
...possesses the intimacy of a mournful sonata..." -- Richmond
Times Dispatch (VA) -- 04/30/06 |
| "...remarkable and beautiful short novel..." --
Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska) -- 04/23/06 |
| "The Madonnas of Leningrad is a book to read again
and again..." -- The Ledger Independent (KY) – 04/20/06 |
| "...Dean has produced a lyrical, readable book and a
central character whose descent into the twilight world of
uncertainty and the shifting sands of time that might characterize
Alzheimer’s is all too believable" -- St. Petersburg Time --
04/07/06 |
| "we’d be glad to keep reading even past the ending
that surprises us..." -- The State - SC- 04/02/06 |
| "...most engrossing..." -- Portland Tribune --
03/28/06 |
| "[Dean's] descriptive passages and dialogue are
painteresque and exquisitely drawn." – USA Today – 03/30/06 |
| "Dean merges past and present in prose that shines
like the gilt frames in the hermitage... ...this novel of
memory and forgetting glows with love and hope." -- Bookpage,
04/06 |
| "...Dean writes with passion and compelling drama..."
-- People Magazine - (Great Reads Box) -- 03/27/06 |
| "Exquisitely crafted and deeply satisfying..."
-- Oakland Tribune -- 03/26/06 |
| "...an exceptional debut novel..." -- Seattle
Times – 03/17/06 |
| "Rare is the novel that creates that blissful
forgot-you-were-reading experience. This sort of transcendence is
rarer still when the novel in question is an author's debut, but that is precisely what
Debra Dean has achieved with her image-rich book..." --
Seattle Post Inteligencer -- 03/17/06 |
| "Spare, elegant language, taut emotion, and the
crystal-clear ring of truth secure for this debut work a spot on
library shelves everywhere." -- Library Journal Starred Review
-- 02/15/06 |
| "...hauntingly beautiful... ...hard to believe that
The Madonnas of Leningrad is Debra Dean's first novel." --
Bookloons.com -- 02/06 |
| "Gracefully shifting between the Soviet Union and the
contemporary Pacific Northwest, first-time novelist Dean renders a
poignant tale about the power of memory." -- Booklist Starred
Review -- 01/03/06 |
| "...superb first novel... ... beautifully written...
...haunting tribute to the power of memory..." -- Historical
Novel Society (UK) -- 01/06 |
| "...real poignancy... ...a satisfying fullness" --
Publishers Weekly -- 11/28/05 |
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