The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier

The Glassmaker by Tracy ChevalierVenice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here like the glass the islands maestros spend their lives perfecting. In secret, Orsola Rosso learns to craft glass. As a woman, she must flout convention to save her family from ruin. We follow her through hundreds of years of war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss. Skipping like a stone across the centuries, The Glassmaker is a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and

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inspired by First Nations history and grounded in culture

journalist and critic

young - young enough to be her son

based at the South Australian Museum

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transforming it

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a secret he refuses even to acknowledge

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