The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
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\nFrom the bestselling historical nove list\, a rich\, transporting story that follows a family of glassmakers fr om the height of Renaissance-era Italy to the present day.
\nIt is 1 486 and Venice is a wealthy\, opulent center for trade. Orsola Rosso is th e eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers on Murano\, the island rever ed for the craft. As a woman\, she is not meant to work with glass&mdash\; but she has the hands for it\, the heart\, and a vision. When her father d ies\, she teaches herself to make glass beads in secret\, and her work sup ports the Rosso family fortunes.
\nSkipping like a stone through the centuries\, in a Venice where time moves as slowly as molten glass\, we f ollow Orsola and her family as they live through creative triumph and hear tbreaking loss\, from a plague devastating Venice to Continental soldiers stripping its palazzos bare\, from the domination of Murano and its maestr os 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\, end ure.
\nChevalier is a master of her own craft\, and The Glassmaker i s as inventive as it is spellbinding: a mesmerizing portrait of a woman\, a family\, and a city as everlasting as their glass.
\n\nInfo rmation for the tour at the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA):
\nPlease che
ck in at the Visitor Services desk located in Herrick Lobby. Please meet y
our Docent near the desk after you check in.
Admission to the Museum
is free. However\, exhibition ticket rates may apply. If your tour is in t
he Green Building\, the closest parking lot is lot #1. If your tour is in
the Glass Pavilion\, the closest parking lot is lot #6. Parking in TMA lot
s is free