Tracy Chevalier's “The Glassmaker” paints a vivid portrait of Orsola Rosso. Orsola is a young woman forbidden by tradition to work with glass who secretly hones her craft, creating delicate beads that sustain her family's fortunes after her father's death. Set against the glittering backdrop of Renaissance Venice and skipping across centuries, this sweeping novel […]
Mint Museum Uptown
Tracy Chevalier's “The Glassmaker” paints a vivid portrait of Orsola Rosso. Orsola is a young woman forbidden by tradition to work with glass who secretly hones her craft, creating delicate beads that sustain her family's fortunes after her father's death. Set against the glittering backdrop of Renaissance Venice and skipping across centuries, this sweeping novel […]
Mint Museum Randolph
“Portrait of a Thief” by Grace D. Li is a thrilling heist novel that blends Ocean's Eleven with The Farewell. Inspired by the true story of Chinese art disappearing from Western museums, it explores themes of diaspora, cultural theft, and Chinese American identity. “Irene never cared for the bronze zodiac heads but…she knew how much […]
Mint Museum Randolph
“Portrait of a Thief” by Grace D. Li is a thrilling heist novel that blends Ocean's Eleven with The Farewell. Inspired by the true story of Chinese art disappearing from Western museums, it explores themes of diaspora, cultural theft, and Chinese American identity. “Irene never cared for the bronze zodiac heads but…she knew how much […]
Mint Museum Randolph
“Portrait of a Thief” by Grace D. Li is a thrilling heist novel that blends Ocean's Eleven with The Farewell. Inspired by the true story of Chinese art disappearing from Western museums, it explores themes of diaspora, cultural theft, and Chinese American identity. “Irene never cared for the bronze zodiac heads but…she knew how much […]
Mint Museum Randolph
Of the three main characters in Shelby Van Pelt’s novel the most unique is Marcellus, an intelligent and highly observant Pacific octopus residing in a Pacific Northwest aquarium! Despite his habitat’s restrictions, Marcellus has a profound effect on Tova, a widow dealing with aging and grief and Cameron, a young man searching for family connections. […]
Mint Museum Uptown
Of the three main characters in Shelby Van Pelt’s novel the most unique is Marcellus, an intelligent and highly observant Pacific octopus residing in a Pacific Northwest aquarium! Despite his habitat’s restrictions, Marcellus has a profound effect on Tova, a widow dealing with aging and grief and Cameron, a young man searching for family connections. […]
Mint Museum Uptown
Of the three main characters in Shelby Van Pelt’s novel the most unique is Marcellus, an intelligent and highly observant Pacific octopus residing in a Pacific Northwest aquarium! Despite his habitat’s restrictions, Marcellus has a profound effect on Tova, a widow dealing with aging and grief and Cameron, a young man searching for family connections. […]
Mint Museum Uptown