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The Glassmaker
The Glassmaker: A Novel | Tracy Chevalier
12 posts | 14 read | 6 to read
From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glassmakers from the height of Renaissance-era Italy to present day. It is 1486 and Venice is a wealthy, opulent center for trade. Orsola Rosso is the eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers in Murano, the island revered for the craft. As a woman, she is not meant to work with glassbut she has the hands for it, the heart, and a vision. When her father dies, she teaches herself to make beads in secret, and her work supports the Rosso family fortunes. Skipping like a stone through the centuries, in a Venice where time moves as slowly as molten glass, we follow Orsola and her family as they live through creative triumph and heartbreaking loss, from a plague devastating 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. Chevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is as inventive as it is spellbinding: a mesmerizing portrait of a woman, a family, and a city that are as everlasting as their glass.
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Graciouswarriorprincess
Graciouswarriorprincess
The Glassmaker: A Novel | Tracy Chevalier
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Books 62-65 of the year.

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Daisey
Daisey
The Glassmaker: A Novel | Tracy Chevalier
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Pickpick

I thoroughly enjoyed this story of a glassmaking family through time. The way in which it skips through time while focusing on the same family is a fascinating storytelling technique, and it includes so many interesting details about glassmaking in Murano and the history of Venice.

#LitsyBookClub #audiobook

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Vansa
Vansa
The Glassmaker: A Novel | Tracy Chevalier
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Pickpick

Excellent historical fiction from Tracy Chevalier, as always, with a conceit I didn't like at first, but quickly warmed to.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7578800458

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McMeredithLemonMeringue
McMeredithLemonMeringue
The Glassmaker: A Novel | Tracy Chevalier
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I loved it!
“Named a Best Historical Novel of 2024 by The Sunday Times, The Independent, and BookPage A Parade and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of June“This charming fable is at once a love story that skips through six centuries, and also a love song to the timeless craft of glassmaking.”

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tpixie
tpixie
The Glassmaker: A Novel | Tracy Chevalier
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I‘m really enjoying May‘s @litsybookclub book! I‘ve always glass blowing. As a kid whenever we went to Silverdollar city we would always watch the glassblowers. Interestingly, the glass blowers were confined to one island off of Italy to help protect their glass blowing secrets!

AlaMich Wasn‘t it also to prevent the glass blowers from setting all of Venice on fire?🔥😱 3w
tpixie @AlaMich oh yes, that was mentioned also! 🔥 3w
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LitsyEvents
LitsyEvents
The Glassmaker: A Novel | Tracy Chevalier
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repost for @litsybookclub:

New month, new book! This month we are reading “The Glassmaker”. We will be meeting on Sunday, May 18th for the discussion. Questions? Ask @Graciouswarriorprincess

#BuddyRead

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litsybookclub
litsybookclub
The Glassmaker: A Novel | Tracy Chevalier
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New month, new book! This month we are reading “The Glassmaker”. We will be meeting on Sunday, May 18th for the discussion. Questions? Ask @Graciouswarriorprincess

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ifaizi May the consistency in producing masterpiece continue... keep up the good work & effort... let's support my masterpiece... thank you... 3w
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rachaich
rachaich
The Glassmaker: A Novel | Tracy Chevalier
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Mehso-so

A kindle bargain and so I had to try it!
I liked the concept though it became easier once I understood the timing and century spanning.
The main character was well done, though she wasn't great with her family at times. I liked the ongoing dolphin packages and the finale of that.
I thought the climate bit from her granddaughter was a little bandwagon esque...

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MrsMalaprop
MrsMalaprop
The Glassmaker: A Novel | Tracy Chevalier
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Read for book club. Sped-read by me yesterday 😬. Liked by most in my club. A reasonably page-turning story of Murano glass makers in Venice, commencing in the 1400s. A time-warping device takes the reader through time to the present day.

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