Clara and Mr. Tiffany: A Novel
The blurb:
At the dawn of the twentieth century, Louis Comfort Tiffany wants to honor his father and the family business with his innovative glass designs. But it is the freethinking Clara Driscoll, head of his women's division, who develops the iconic Tiffany lamp, with its leaded-glass shades and nature-based motifs, which earns Tiffany the critical acclaim and financial success he's long dreamed of. Yearning for recognition, balancing the glamorous world of the Gilded Age with the immigrant poverty of the Lower East Side, where some of her beloved girls live, and loving in different ways the five men in her life, Clara must decide what makes her most happy -the professional world of her hands or the personal world of her heart.
Review:
In Clara and Mr. Tiffany
We learn much about what it meant to live and work in America during this time. Vreeland weaves these facts in with such skill that the period and people become real. We read about the Chicago World's Fair, the use of electricity on the grounds, and the impact that Tiffany's stained glass windows had. We can picture the world through Clara's eyes, as she lives on Gramercy Park sharing a house with artists and writers. The Greenwich Village, the Lower East Side, the construction of the Flatiron Building, even Stanford White are all part of the narrative.
Clara and Mr. Tiffany
ISBN-10: 1400068169 - Hardcover $26
Publisher: Random House (January 11, 2011), 432 pages.
Review copy provided by the publisher.
About the Author:
Susan Vreeland is the New York Times bestselling author of five books, including Luncheon of the Boating Party
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