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The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier
Narrated by: Juliet Aubrey
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'Spellbinding' ELIF SHAFAK

'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Year

'Sparkling'OBSERVER

'A triumph' PHILIP PULLMAN

'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead' INDEPENDENT

'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon’ PHILIPPA GREGORY

‘A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game’ SPECTATOR

FROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING

Venice, 1486.

Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s 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 a city that are as everlasting as glass.

©2024 Tracy Chevalier (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers Coming of Age Family Life Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Magical Realism Heartfelt War
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I enjoyed the narration very much and the storyline was a great insight into Murano glass and it's history.

Beautiful Venice

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I think this is my favourite Tracy Chevalier book. I enjoy her work and her narrators are great but there was something more to the Glass Maker. I’ve been to Venice and Murano and she creates them beautifully and although unsure at first, ended up loving how the story spans and intertwines with history, how life and the world changes but at the same time, it doesn’t! The narrator was fabulous and nailed the accent, just the right amount!

Wonderful

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I enjoyed the experience offered by the author as she shares a Murano glass makers family over the centuries.

A must read for lovers of Murano glass, especially bead collectors.

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Another beautifully crafted novel. I would have like more glasswork - there could have been a lot more to say about it. At first this book annoyed me with too much emphasis on emotions and relationships with glass in the background but once I accepted it then I became intrigued by the weird timeline and, like glass itself with colours twisted together, you can’t take emotions and relationships out of a Tracy Chevalier novel. Lovely ending.

Intriguing times

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Kept me riveted wanting to hear what era was next. A history lesson entwined with lost loves and family dynamics

Beautiful and Sad at the same time

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