The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato

A marriage collapses in London, and the wife, Nora, moves to Venice, Italy with the intention of becoming a glassblower like one of her Italian ancestors. How she starts life over here is only part of the story. The rest concerns a mystery in the life of her ancestor who lived in a much more dangerous Venice of the 1600s. Some of the plot situations in this novel are very interesting, but it is flawed by unlikely turns of events and a silly romance. The glassblowing business is nicely described, but there are errors in language. As a genealogist, I was annoyed by the use of the word "ancestor" when the meaning was clearly "descendant." A very light read.