To My Dear Readers,

You said you want an American novel, and I listened.

For a century, everyone assumed that the iconic Tiffany lamps were conceived and designed by that American master of stained glass, Louis Comfort Tiffany. Not so! It was a woman! Aha! A woman discovered by art historians as recently as 2005 and introduced to the public in a 2007 exhibition that shocked the art world. A vibrant, freethinking New Woman ripe for a fictional treatment. I rubbed my hands together in glee.

Clara Driscoll enters the male field of stained glass artistry and builds a lively, multi-national women's department within Tiffany Studios. Developing a new feminist consciousness, Clara and The Tiffany Girls must resist the intimidation and actions of the male workers intent on ousting them.

While New York City careens toward modernity and women experience new freedoms, Clara is torn between love and art. Holding on to the old order, Mr. Tiffany forbade his women workers from marrying. Loving in different ways the five men in her life, including Tiffany himself, Clara must choose many times what makes her most happy--the professional world of her hands, or the personal world of her heart.

"There is no excuse for readers of high-quality fiction to let this novel pass by."

--Booklist

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With gratitude for your continued interest and support,