Every person has a story greater than fiction. Arthur van Hessel is the founder of ARVAH - the largest glass factory in the Netherlands. He is stubborn, ambitious, and in love. But had his clothes always sat so loosely? Didn't he once stand a little taller? Had his eyes always been so grey - so deeply hidden behind his glasses? With his grip fixed around the broom, he sweeps time and place and mess away to find the answer that lies somewhere among the rubble of the past. Inspired by the author's family history, ARVAH is an enduring novel about work, family and love