All the girly squeals! The best kind of girly squeals, too. Ever since I saw the Tiffany mosaic room in the old Chicago Public Library, and found out it was designed and assembled by a team of women, I had to know more. I stood in that room, crying, in awe of such beauty meticulously created, tiny piece by tiny piece, all by a team of women!

I picked this up on audio through my library, and followed the daily life of the Tiffany Girls, some real, others based on a real person, and still others entirely fictional, but representative of the kind of women found in Tiffany's glass studio in 1899. Each one is interesting, likeable, relatable, and believable. Their relationships and the way they support each other is so refreshing, and all of the drama really comes from outside.

The descriptions of the glass, the process, and the love that infused every piece that came out of the studio, from the biggest windows to the smallest inkwells, had me hooked. The author wove so many characters together really well, and the ending made me cry. It's a happy one!

I googled so many of the pieces mentioned, and now I want to go to the museum in Florida that houses many of Tiffany's greatest works! And I wish I could have met Clara Driscoll, the designer of Tiffany's signature dragonfly lamp.