. . . . . "Blue Glass"@en . . . . "Bildungsromans"@en . . "Fiction" . "Fiction"@en . "Bildungsromans" . "At ten, Leslie believes her mother can do no wrong-because Marion Flynn is just about perfect. Only when the family summers at Indian Lake does Leslie begin to suspect that her mother may not be the tower of strength Leslie had thought. For beneath Marion's charm lies an insecurity that threatens to shred the bonds of one closely knit family." . . "Blue glass" . "Blue glass : [a novel]" . . . . "Blue glass"@en . . "A daughter grows in the shadow of the perfect mother and then outgrows her mother's consuming love and continual need for reassurance." . . . . .