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PRAISE FOR THE SINKING OF THE LEONARDO da VINCI:
The Sinking of the Leonardo da Vinci is a beautiful book that sweeps along like a surging wave, a pleasure to read, and a joy to recall after the reading’s done. ––Jack Livings, author of The Blizzard Party and The Dog
Italy is a real place – but it is also a dream. It is the dream of abandon, romance, sensuality, and sex, all in Italian. In The Sinking of the Leonardo Da Vinci, we get a wonderful double dose of the Italian dream, as present-day romance and past love lost. Do you need a chance to escape into a sweeter world? This is the novel to take you there!—Eric Maisel, Choose Your Life Purposes
A hauntingly beautiful tale of love, loss, and second chances.
Two journeys. One unforgettable story. Onboard the cruise ship Leonardo Da Vinci, young Joanna is swept into a passionate affair with the enigmatic Italian navigator, Luca. Years later, newly widowed and adrift, Joanna returns to Italy—this time to the breathtaking cliffs of Cinque Terre. As grief for her late husband Stuart lingers, memories of Luca begin to resurface. Can Joanna reconcile the loves—and lives—she’s left behind? This poignant, page-turning story held me spellbound until the final page.—Åshild Kolås, Sirkel Forlag Publishing, Oslo
The Sinking of the Leonardo da Vinci is a powerful story of flawed characters in the face of tragedy, courage, and human frailty who ultimately find the capacity for love. A must read!––Mark Shaw, Memoirist
Deborah Jeanne Weitzman skillfully weaves Joanna’s journey through love and loss, a search for meaning. Aremarkable tale of flawed characters facing tragedy, courage, and human frailty who ultimately find the capacity for love––Mark Shaw, Memoirist
Anyone who has loved, lost, and struggled to move on will find The Sinking of the Leonardo Da Vinci an absorbing story that lingers long after the empty cappuccino.–– Kathryn Graven, Author of Memoirs of a Mask Maker.
A haunting, braided story of rediscovery. As echoes of the past shape the present, Joanna finds her voice—and the community she’s longed for all her life. ––Deborah Bayer, Author of Rope Made of Bandages.
Heartbreak, healing, and finding your voice. The kind of story that stays with you, reminding you that it’s never too late to embrace who you truly are.––Marilyn Raider, freelance editor, New York City
Set adrift against the luminous backdrop of Italy, The Sinking of the Leonardo Da Vinci travels through memory’s shadow, while the present shimmers with the ache of what might have been… if only. A must-read for book lovers!!––Terry Levi, freelance editor, Rome
What if the love of your life disappeared... and you never knew why? The Sinking of the Leonardo Da Vinci is a sweeping tale of memory and the power to reshape the present by confronting the past—a story to savor until the final word.––Michael Swarz, author of Split.
ABOUT THE SINKING OF THE LEONARDO da VINCI:
New York, 1976. Joanna is a dreamy, sensitive young woman who lives with a constant ache of loneliness.
Music calls to her, but it feels just out of reach as if she needs someone else’s permission to enter it.
That permission comes unexpectedly when she meets Luca aboard The Leonardo da Vinci, an ocean liner bound for Europe.
He is young, magnetic, and rebellious, a ship’s navigator with fire in his heart.
Their whirlwind romance feels like destiny, and Joanna dares to follow it all the way to Rome. But when she arrives, the man who once saw her so clearly has changed.
Cold and distant, Luca offers no explanation. His sudden withdrawal leaves a wound that quietly shapes the rest of her life.
Back in New York, she reconnects with Stuart, a former professor and visionary environmentalist.
He is older, kind, and stable. Joanna marries him and retreats into safety, vowing never to be consumed by passion again.
In doing so, she buries her creative spirit, her music, and the vibrant parts of herself she once embraced.
Years later, after Stuart dies unexpectedly, the version of Joanna she had silenced begins to stir.
Grieving but restless, she sets out for the walking trails of Cinque Terre, hoping to find peace.
What she discovers instead is something more powerful—a renewed sense of desire, a rediscovered voice, and a chance to finally become the woman she was meant to be.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Deborah Jeanne Weitzman is a native New Yorker who has spent her life traveling the world.
A sailor of the soul and a hopeless romantic, these travels have defined and informed her writing.
She is the author of the memoir Pandora Learnsto Sing, as well as an award-winning singer-songwriter with numerous television and radio appearances.
Her original music is available on Spotify and other streaming platforms, and her musical Island in the Storm—recipient of several grants—premiered in Oslo, Norway.
The Sinking of the Leonardo da Vinci is her first novel.
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