"A beautiful, evocative novel of family devotion, celebrity, downfall, and survival, framed by the political and cultural upheavals of America on the cusp of a new decade. Irresistibly tender." - Library Journal

"Suffused with warm memories of punk clubs, the "Miracle on Ice" U.S. Olympic hockey team, young romance, and the A-list residents at the storied Dakota apartments .... Pleasurably endearing for anybody with a soft spot for pop culture, Annie Hall-era Manhattan, and 20-somethingdom at its most freewheeling. - Kirkus Reviews

"Seamlessly mingling historical figures with invented ones, Tom Barbash conjures a gritty, populous, affectionate portrait of 1979 New York City:  the site of his subtly captivating paean to filial love." - Jennifer Egan, author of Manhattan Beach

"The Dakota Winters is deft, funny, touching, and sharply observed, a marvel of tone, and a skillful evocation of a dark passage in the history of New York City, when all the fearful ironies of the world we live in now first came stalking into view." - Michael Chabon, author of Moonglow

"A crazily charming novel — and a reminder that charm can be a profound literary value. I wanted to begin a new life ... with these characters. I wanted to trade worlds with them ... A wise and seductive story that feels truer than true, as only the very finest fiction does." - Walter Kirn, author of Up in the Air

"Thoughtful and entertaining ... A thought-provoking time capsule ... If you were a fan of TV's 'Mad Men'— specific to a time and place but universal in its exploration of the themes of identity and human vulnerability — you might very well love this novel as much as I did." - Wally Lamb, author of I Know This Much Is True