The
Girl In The Glass A Novel by Susan Meissner
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.
I
loved this book! From the start, it had me pulled in, and was a very easy
story
to follow. It was very well written, the writer has a special talent of
making
you feel as if you are in Florence yourself, you can almost feel the
balmy
breeze and rosy sunsets.
I
received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this
review.
