Confessions of a Falling Woman - by Debra Dean (Paperback)

About the Book

The author of the highly acclaimed and bestselling "The Madonnas of Leningrad" returns with a collection of stories by turns tender, comic, and devastating.

From the Back Cover

Ten masterworks of short fiction--by turns tender, comic, powerful, and devastating--from the highly praised author of The Madonnas of Leningrad

A surprised Southern matriarch is confronted by her family at an intervention. . . . A life-altering breakin triggers insomniac introspection in a desperate actor. . . . Streetwise New York City neighbors let down their guard for a naïve puppeteer and must suffer the consequences. . . .
In this stunning collection of short stories--five of which are being published for the very first time bestselling, award-winning author Debra Dean displays the depth and magnitude of her literary talent. Replete the seamless storytelling and captivating lyrical voice that made her debut novel, The Madonnas of Leningrad, a national bestseller, Dean's Confessions of a Falling Woman is a haunting, satisfying, and unforgettable reading experience.

"A novel that dares to be beautiful--and fully succeeds."--Daily Mail (London)

Review Quotes

"An unforgettable story of love, survival, and the power of imagination in the most tragic of circumstances. Elegant and poetic, the rare kind of book that you want to keep but you have to share." - Isabel Allende, in praise of THE MADONNAS OF LENINGRAD
"Rare is the novel that creates that blissful forgot-you-were-reading experience. This sort of transcendence is rare 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-Intelligencer, in praise of THE MADONNAS OF LENINGRAD
"Dean is a marvelous chameleon of a writer, adapting, reflecting, revealing multiple, generous worlds with perceptiveness, humor and light." - A. Manette Ansay, author of Blue Water and Vinegar Hill
"An attractive wry humor ripples through this collection of ten stories . . . Beautifully calibrated . . . Dean has a fine appreciation for the way chance can save or doom careers and marriages. More, please." - Kirkus Reviews
"A humorous collection . . . Readers will certainly forget themselves in these sparkling stories, pausing over small, strange moments that change entire lives." - Publishers Weekly