***Renaissance* is a word with hope infused in every letter.** Since she was a child, Meg has dreamed of taking a promised trip to Florence, Italy, and being able to finally step into the place captured in a picture at her grandmother’s house. But after her grandmother passes away...
***Renaissance* is a word with hope infused in every letter.**
Since she was a child, Meg has dreamed of taking a promised trip to Florence, Italy, and being able to finally step into the place captured in a picture at her grandmother’s house. But after her grandmother passes away and it falls to her less-than-reliable father to take her instead, Meg’s long-anticipated travel plans seem permanently on hold.
When her dad finally tells Meg to book the trip, she prays that the experience will heal the fissures left on her life by her parents’ divorce. But when Meg arrives in Florence, her father is nowhere to be found, leaving aspiring memoir-writer Sophia Borelli to introduce Meg to the rich beauty of the ancient city. Sofia claims to be one of the last surviving members of the Medici family and that a long-ago Medici princess, Nora Orsini, communicates with her from within the great masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance.
When Sophia, Meg, and Nora’s stories intersect, their lives will be indelibly changed as they each answer the question: What if *renaissance* isn’t just a word? What if that’s what happens when you dare to believe that what *is* isn’t *what has to be*?
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***Renaissance* is a word with hope infused in every letter.** Since she was a child, Meg has dreamed of taking a promised trip to Florence, Italy, and being able to finally step into the place captured in a picture at her grandmother’s house. But after her grandmother passes away...
***Renaissance* is a word with hope infused in every letter.**
Since she was a child, Meg has dreamed of taking a promised trip to Florence, Italy, and being able to finally step into the place captured in a picture at her grandmother’s house. But after her grandmother passes away and it falls to her less-than-reliable father to take her instead, Meg’s long-anticipated travel plans seem permanently on hold.
When her dad finally tells Meg to book the trip, she prays that the experience will heal the fissures left on her life by her parents’ divorce. But when Meg arrives in Florence, her father is nowhere to be found, leaving aspiring memoir-writer Sophia Borelli to introduce Meg to the rich beauty of the ancient city. Sofia claims to be one of the last surviving members of the Medici family and that a long-ago Medici princess, Nora Orsini, communicates with her from within the great masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance.
When Sophia, Meg, and Nora’s stories intersect, their lives will be indelibly changed as they each answer the question: What if *renaissance* isn’t just a word? What if that’s what happens when you dare to believe that what *is* isn’t *what has to be*?
The Girl in the Glass$24.99
Koorong code352080
ISBN9780307730428
Pages352
PublisherWaterbrook Press
Publication date18 September 2012
Dimensions18 x 139 x 209mm
Weight0.394kg
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Girl in the Glass is written from three perspectives: Meg's first-person story, the first-person musings of a betrothed girl named Nora, and Sophia's memoir. But it took quite a while to work out who Nora was (a long-dead Medici) and what relationship she had with the rest of the story (Sophia claims to hear Nora speak through art works). This made the story quite hard going - nothing had happened by the 25% mark, and I was getting annoyed with Meg moaning about wanting to go to Florence but not doing anything about it (goodness, this is the twenty-first century. Women can travel on their own, even such distances as San Diego to Florence). Sophia's memoir was fascinating, a book I'd like to read even though I'm not a fan of art or memoir. Nora's short reflections of her childhood were interesting, even though it wasn't clear how these fitted into the larger story. Meg's story? Uninspiring. Boring, even. The writing was lovely. But there wasn't enough story for my liking. This book is published by WaterBrook, a Christian publisher, but the book hardly mentioned God or religion at all. If you're looking for a novel with a strong Christian message, this isn't it. If you're looking for inspirational women's fiction, this may well suit, as long as you can get past the first hundred pages. \\r\\n\\r\\nThanks to WaterBrook Multnomah and BloggingforBooks for providing a free ebook for review.
