Readers who have been to Venice will appreciate "going back" through the authors vivid descriptions. One could feel the heat as the glassblowers did their work. Really enjoyed the book.

I like the book

I enjoyed the suspense of the story, as well as the beautiful descriptions of VEnice and glassblowing. The only thing I disliked was the author's use of frequent italicized "thoughts" of the point of view characters. They were set off in separate paragraphs and felt intrusive in the narrative. Otherwise, waht a fun story spanning the generations.