Read/discuss The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier.
Join our book club for an engaging discussion of our latest selection, The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier.
New members are always welcome. Copies of this book are available for check out at https://glac.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S185C2003897.
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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