{"product_id":"glassworks-wolfgang-smith-olivia-hardcover","title":"Glassworks -- Olivia Wolfgang-Smith, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gorgeously written and irresistibly intimate queer novel that follows one family across four generations to explore legacy and identity in all its forms.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Goodreads Buzziest Debut Novel of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1910, Agnes Carter makes the wrong choice in marriage. After years as an independent woman of fortune, influential with the board of a prominent university because of her financial donations, she is now subject to the whims of an abusive, spendthrift husband. But when Bohemian naturalist and glassblower Ignace Novak reignites Agnes's passion for science, Agnes begins to imagine a different life, and she sets her mind to getting it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgnes's desperate actions breed secrecy, and the resulting silence echoes into the future. Her son, Edward, wants to be a man of faith but struggles with the complexities of the mortal world while apprenticing at a\u003cbr\u003estained-glass studio. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1986, Edward's child, Novak-just Novak-is an acrobatic window washer cleaning Manhattan high-rises, who gets caught up in the plight of Cecily, a small town girl remade as a gender-bending Broadway ingénue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd in 2015, Cecily's daughter Flip-a burned-out stoner trapped in a bureaucratic job firing cremains into keepsake glass ornaments-resolves to break the cycle of inherited secrets, reaching back through the generations in search of a family legacy that feels true. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers of Mary Beth Keane, Min Jin Lee, and Rebecca Makkai, \u003ci\u003eGlassworks\u003c\/i\u003e is \"an era-spanning, family and chosen-family following, marvel of a debut.\" (CJ Hauser, author of FAMILY OF ORIGIN)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olivia Wolfgang-Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.54h x 6.38w x 1.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635578775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2023 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlivia Wolfgang-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e's fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eSalamander, Ninth Letter, The Common\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Florida State University. She originally hails from Rhode Island and lives in Brooklyn with her spouse. \u003ci\u003eGlassworks\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolfgang-Smith, Olivia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43952303374564,"sku":"9781635578775","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/51IhaMltUNL.jpg?v=1719482136","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/glassworks-wolfgang-smith-olivia-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}