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The glassmaker
(based on Goodreads ratings)Published 2024 by Viking, New York
ISBN 9780525558279
Bib Id 1264871
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cam a22 8i 4500
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2023-034985
ISBN
9780525558279 (hardcover) $32.00
0525558276
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FIC Chevalier
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Title
The glassmaker
Publication Information
2024 by Viking, New York :
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Summary
"In 1486, Orsola Rosso is the eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers in Murano, Italy. As a woman, she is not meant to blow glass-but when her father dies, she teaches herself to make beads in secret, and her work becomes the cornerstone of the Rosso family fortunes. Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola and her family as they live through creative triumph and heartbreaking loss, from a plague rearing its head over Venice to Continental soldiers stripping its palazzos bare, from the domination of Murano and its maestros to the transformation of the city of trade into a city of tourists. In every era, the Rosso women ensure that their work, and their bonds, endure"--
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Novels
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