The Glass Harmonica: A Novel
by Louise Marley | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0441007295 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0441007295 Global Overview for this book
Registered by 
bookczuk
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on 6/21/2011
This book is in a Controlled Release!
bookczuk of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on 6/21/2011 This book is in a Controlled Release!
1 journaler for this copy...
A "found" book from somewhere, which I am registering it for BookCrossing.
This book somehow landed on my TBR pile, and I'm embarrassed to say I know not how. I think it was probably left on a book exchange bookshelf and I grabbed it thinking it sounded interesting. It was surprisingly engaging for an unexpected find. There are two intertwined stories: Eilish Eam an orphan living in London, who comes to the notice of Ben Franklin because of her skill at playing melodies on water-filled glasses and Erin Rushton, a child prodigy on the glass harmonica, living in 2018. I found both stories of interest, though the link between the two a bit ambiguous. I kept trying to make the characters from one match the characters from the other -- stretching a reincarnation theme, but think that there just might be more of harmonioius (ha!) parallels instead of exact rebirth of souls.
This book was published in 2000, and it was interesting to see how the author envisioned the world in 2018. Here in 2012, we're a bit closer to the setting of the book. I must admit that I'm a little glad some of the future "changes" are not that likely to happen in the next few years.
Another thing that was of interest to me was that the original glass in Franklin's glassy armonica (gained the h when Germans began using the word) was that there was a high content of lead in the glasses. Here in Charleston, the old houses are loaded with high lead content paint, making lead poisoning something still seen in my pediatric nursing practice. Interesting how that played into the story.
This book was published in 2000, and it was interesting to see how the author envisioned the world in 2018. Here in 2012, we're a bit closer to the setting of the book. I must admit that I'm a little glad some of the future "changes" are not that likely to happen in the next few years.
Another thing that was of interest to me was that the original glass in Franklin's glassy armonica (gained the h when Germans began using the word) was that there was a high content of lead in the glasses. Here in Charleston, the old houses are loaded with high lead content paint, making lead poisoning something still seen in my pediatric nursing practice. Interesting how that played into the story.
Was going to wild release this in Marion Square today, but instead passed it off to EYCLady.
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