The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier (PB)

Meet Orsola Rosso: a young woman in 15th-century Venice who dares to do the unthinkable — master the art of glassmaking. Working in secret to save her family, Orsola’s creations shimmer across centuries, surviving war, plague, love, and loss. From the glittering furnaces of Murano to the salons of Paris and Vienna, The Glassmaker is a luminous tale of art, ambition, and endurance — a portrait of how beauty and defiance can outlast time itself.