Joan Leegant

“Prose of fine-boned clarity and compassion.” - New York Times Book Review. Review here.

“A collection [that] dazzles with humanity and other-worldliness.” - Jerusalem Report. Review here.

“A gifted creator of people and worlds.” -- Publishers Weekly. Review here.

“Ten fresh, compassionate and lucid stories of Jewish life. Fans of Allegra Goodman, Nathan Englander, even the magical exuberance of Jonathan Safran Foer will greet this collection warmly.” - The Miami Herald 

“Leegant is as skilled at conveying a virgin’s tingling sexual curiosity as she is at portraying an old man’s grappling with the mystery of miracles.” - Booklist

“Books about which I am totally enthusiastic appear only every few years. Joan Leegant’s terrific first book of stories...is one of those.” - The Forward. Review here.

“One wants to shout out the word that a new, very talented...writer has arrived.” -  New Jersey Jewish News

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