** spoiler alert ** Vreeland has done it again, this time taking a close look at the behind-the-scenes operations of the House of Louis Comfort Tiffany's glassworks at the turn of the century in New York City. Clara Driscoll was the unsung designer/artist behind Tiffany's famous intricate stained glass lamps depicting nature: dragonflies, wisteria, poppies, peonies,spiderwebs. She became the head of the women's division at the studio, creating jobs for and supervising nearly three dozen women.

Vreeland is at her best describing the processes behind each piece of work, from the cartoons to the selecting of just the right kinds of glass to the cutting. Driscoll's private life intrigues as well, beginning with the death of a much older husband who left her penniless to a mentally unstable suitor who literally disappears after their first physical tryst. We see Mr. Tiffany from Clara's point of view as a brilliantly talented but flawed man, an artist who is inept when it comes to his interpersonal interactions.

Despite her talent and managerial abilities, Driscoll was relegated to a mere historical footnote until only recently when her correspondence was discovered. A new light on Tiffany : Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, is a 2007 nonfiction book that served as much of Vreeland's source material.

The book's ending is a disappointment as the novel closes abruptly leaving the reader wondering about the fate of its title characters and her girls.