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Random House
January 2011
On Sale: January 11, 2011
432 pages
ISBN: 1400068169
EAN: 9781400068166
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Non-Fiction
Against the unforgettable backdrop of New York near the turn
of the twentieth century, from the Gilded Age world of
formal balls and opera to the immigrant poverty of the Lower
East Side, bestselling author Susan Vreeland again breathes
life into a work of art in this extraordinary novel, which
brings a woman once lost in the shadows into vivid color. It’s 1893, and at the Chicago World’s Fair, Louis Comfort
Tiffany makes his debut with a luminous exhibition of
innovative stained-glass windows, which he hopes will honor
his family business and earn him a place on the
international artistic stage. But behind the scenes in his
New York studio is the freethinking Clara Driscoll, head of
his women’s division. Publicly unrecognized by Tiffany,
Clara conceives of and designs nearly all of the iconic
leaded-glass lamps for which he is long remembered. Clara struggles with her desire for artistic recognition and
the seemingly insurmountable challenges that she faces as a
professional woman, which ultimately force her to protest
against the company she has worked so hard to cultivate. She
also yearns for love and companionship, and is devoted in
different ways to five men, including Tiffany, who enforces
to a strict policy: he does not hire married women, and any
who do marry while under his employ must resign immediately.
Eventually, like many women, Clara must decide what makes
her happiest—the professional world of her hands or the
personal world of her heart.
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