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... she was kept awake another several hours, her fatigued brain snared in the drama of his next breath.

Such is the apt description of Debra
Dean's exhausted main character,
Marina, lying awake, listening to her
uncle's incessant snoring. The Madonnas
of Leningrad possesses an engaging story,
vivid descriptions, and historical details
that I enjoyed thoroughly.


But this line struck a particular chord with me ;)