First published 2023
Emilie Pascal arrives in Manhattan in 1899 with forged credentials and a desperate need to escape her father's art forgery scandal in Paris. She joins the Women's Division of the Tiffany Glass Company, where female artists design and construct Louis Comfort Tiffany's famous stained glass windows on the fifth floor of their Fourth Avenue studio. Grace Griffith spends her days cutting glass for religious windows while secretly publishing political cartoons under a male pseudonym. Clara Driscoll manages the entire women's division and struggles to keep her team on schedule for Tiffany's ambitious Paris World's Fair installation. As pressure mounts to complete the largest exhibition in history, Clara becomes consumed with designing a dragonfly lamp that will become Tiffany's most famous creation. The three women work longer shifts alongside their fellow artists, knowing they will receive no public recognition for their contributions. Their shared determination to pursue art within the narrow boundaries society allows women creates bonds that will challenge the limitations of their era.
Genres: fiction, art, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, pursuit-of-art
Setting: Manhattan, Paris, Tiffany Glass Company
Period: 1899
410 pages · Paperback · William Morrow Paperbacks