The Madonnas of Leningrad

By Debra Dean...came recommended by several library patrons and several local book clubs have taken on this book.  It is a short read full of history, though this book is historical fiction.  You bounce back and forth in time from the present to the world of Russia WW2.  Our main character is dealing with confusion and her family doesn't realize how bad it is getting.  She does remember packing the paintings from the Hermitage and learning what was hanging where so she could give tours through the museum.  It was a good read!