{"product_id":"9780008153892","title":"The Glassmaker","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Chevalier, Tracy \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 8 May 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 32 | 350g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Spellbinding' ELIF SHAFAK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Sparkling'OBSERVER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A triumph' PHILIP PULLMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead' INDEPENDENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon’ PHILIPPA GREGORY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game’ SPECTATOR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e FROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Venice, 1486.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives perfecting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Guisborough Bookshop Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51372831015248,"sku":"9780008153892","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0860\/4988\/2448\/files\/9780008153892_6d9d3171-c57f-4bf8-9657-1bd221bd3f9d.jpg?v=1765990658","url":"https:\/\/guisboroughbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780008153892","provider":"guisboroughbookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}