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bibliography Fiction fiction Fiction. Historical fiction. novel Novels Novels. Romance fiction. Romans.Chevalier, Tracy
Summary: "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 glass--but 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....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2024
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Summary: "In 1486, Orsola Rosso is the eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers in Murano, Italy. As a woman, she is not meant to blow glass--but when her father dies, she teaches herself to make beads in secret, and her work becomes the cornerstone of the Rosso family fortunes. Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola and her family as they live through creative triumph and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2024
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction ChevalierMelandri, Francesca
Summary: Story of Eva, a forty-year-old from Alto Adige. One night Eva receives a phone call from Reggio Calabria, in southern Italy. Vito, a carabiniere who served for years in Alto Adige, is dying and would like to see Eva one last time. Vito served in Alto Adige during the seventies, years of darkness and tension. However, that did not stop the love between Vito, and Gerda, Eva's mother, a young cook...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Melandri 2016James, Erica
Summary: For Lucy Gray, the chance to go to Italy offers more than just gardens. Lake Como is where her father lives. Helen Madison-Tyler and her husband have moved into the Old Rectory. With her husband spending time away from home, she throws herself into caring for the garden. She needs help, and friends, and so decides to join the local Garden Club.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: W.F. Howes 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JAMShaykh, Ḥanān
Summary: In this frank and fearless novel, acclaimed writer Hanan al-Shaykh follows the tumultuous lives and sometimes shocking choices of women successful in their careers but unlucky in love. On a sunny beach on the Italian Riviera, two thirtysomething women, Yvonne and Huda, relax by the sparkling sea. But despite the setting, as their vacation unfolds, their complicated pasts seep through to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2018