{"product_id":"the-glassmaker-1","title":"The Glassmaker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis large print edition features an easy-to-read larger type size while preserving the complete text of the original edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glassmakers from the height of Renaissance-era Italy to the present day.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1486 and Venice is a wealthy, opulent center for trade. Orsola Rosso is the eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers on Murano, the island revered for the craft. As a woman, she is not meant to work with glass--but she has the hands for it, the heart, and a vision. When her father dies, she teaches herself to make glass beads in secret, and her work supports the Rosso family fortunes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkipping 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChevalier is a master of her own craft, and \u003ci\u003eThe Glassmaker\u003c\/i\u003e is as inventive as it is spellbinding: a mesmerizing portrait of a woman, a family, and a city as everlasting as their glass.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Large Print Press","offers":[{"title":"Large Print","offer_id":52821847769304,"sku":"9781420525076","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0369\/4552\/files\/imageloader_80f8be92-793f-4d5f-8f60-b7bd23c6470e.jpg?v=1793106883","url":"https:\/\/bigredbooks.shop\/products\/the-glassmaker-1","provider":"Big Red Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}