Plot summary, “The Madonnas of Leningrad” by Debra Dean in 5 Minutes - Book Review VIDEO
Debra Dean’s The Madonnas of Leningrad weaves together the fragility of memory and the endurance of beauty across two timelines. Elderly Marina Buriakov, slipping into Alzheimer’s in present-day Washington, drifts back to her youth during the WWII siege of Leningrad. As her mind fades, she retreats into a vivid "memory palace" of paintings once housed in the Hermitage Museum, where she once worked. The novel traces Marina’s mental journey between past and present, revealing how art, memory, and love persist even amid loss, war, and cognitive decline.
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