Paperback Edition
Publisher Wm. Morrow, February 20, 2007
The Madonnas of Leningrad has been reviewed in all major media outlets throughout the US… see the pertinent buttons on the left…
“[A] story about memories and imagination… [Dean’s] descriptive passages and dialogue are painteresque and exquisitely drawn. They bring to life wonderful paintings as well as the tortured lives of Leningrad’s residents.”
— USA Today
“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
“An extraordinary debut, a deeply lovely novel that evokes with uncommon deftness the terrible, heartbreaking beauty that is life in wartime…  Dean’s exquisite prose shimmers with a haunting glow… A superbly graceful novel.”
— Chang-rae Lee, author of A Gesture Life and Native Speaker
THE MADONNAS OF LENINGRAD is:
|  | Borders original voice for March 2005 | 
|  | Booksense #1 pick for April 2005 | 
|  | American Library Association Notable Book of 2006 | 
|  | Top Ten Novels of the Year: Booklist for 2006 | 
|  | Target Breakout Book for Spring 2007 | 
|  | Most Recommended Book of the Year: Salt Lake City Tribune | 
|  | Picked by Costco Recommended books | 
Is your book club reading The Madonnas of Leningrad? Debra Dean is available to participate in your book club meeting via speakerphone.


