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Kim Kovacs
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Olivia Wolfgang-Smith's novel Glassworks is an incandescent debut that follows the lives of four people on the brink of metamorphosis. We first meet Agnes in 1910, a wealthy young woman eager to commission glass teaching models of plants for her university's biology department. She hires Czech artist Ignace for the job, luring him away from his home country in spite of the university board's reluctance, with consequences neither character can anticipate. The plot then skips to 1938, shifting to the story of Agnes' son, 18-year-old Edward, as he struggles to find his place in the world. Another jump moves the action forward to 1986 where 47-year-old Novak finds herself taking care of her elderly, disabled father, while simultaneously trying to give her own life shape and meaning. And lastly, we meet Flip, who in 2015 can't seem to find love and acceptance even within her own family.
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