The house plays centre stage. The Glass Room.

The Glass Room A family of wealth and privilege has aspirations. There is a wealthy business man, his pampered wife and new additions of two children. The story is enlivened by the presence of Hana, a family friend and godmother to their first daughter. Hana presents as a woman untamed. Bisexual and able to seduce both male and female. She seems to chase experiences and society status. It all comes tumbling down, as Hitler’s Germanization philosophy and army marches in. What was once a whirl of social connections becomes a desperate fight for life. Married to a Jew Hana knows they are on shaky ground. The novel explores the fall of so many across Europe. That sense of this can’t be happening here. The underpinning of this narrative is the architectural triumph of the glass house. Its genesis and many lives are threaded throughout. The house plays centre stage. I was enthralled by the luxury described and found myself trying to picture it. Then discovered it is based on a real house. Villa Tugendhat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Tugendhat I connected with the Landauer family, Hana and the more minor characters. Their survival is what wills the reader on. Will they meet again? What will become of the glass house? Still reading the final few pages and still intrigued.