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Author: Fiona Davis
Genre: Historical FictionOther Books I've Read by This Author: The Address
Synopsis: It's 1913, and on the surface, Laura Lyons couldn't ask for more out of life—her husband is the superintendent of the New York Public Library, allowing their family to live in an apartment within the grand building, and they are blessed with two children. But headstrong, passionate Laura wants more, and when she takes a leap of faith and applies to the Columbia Journalism School, her world is cracked wide open. As her studies take her all over the city, she is drawn to Greenwich Village's new bohemia, where she discovers the Heterodoxy Club—a radical, all-female group in which women are encouraged to loudly share their opinions on suffrage, birth control, and women's rights. Soon, Laura finds herself questioning her traditional role as wife and mother. And when valuable books are stolen back at the library, threatening the home and institution she loves, she's forced to confront her shifting priorities head on . . . and may just lose everything in the process.
Eighty years later, in 1993, Sadie Donovan struggles with the legacy of her grandmother, the famous essayist Laura Lyons, especially after she's wrangled her dream job as a curator at the New York Public Library. But the job quickly becomes a nightmare when rare manuscripts, notes, and books for the exhibit Sadie's running begin disappearing from the library's famous Berg Collection. Determined to save both the exhibit and her career, the typically risk-averse Sadie teams up with a private security expert to uncover the culprit. However, things unexpectedly become personal when the investigation leads Sadie to some unwelcome truths about her own family heritage—truths that shed new light on the biggest tragedy in the library's history. - Back Cover
Synopsis: It's 1913, and on the surface, Laura Lyons couldn't ask for more out of life—her husband is the superintendent of the New York Public Library, allowing their family to live in an apartment within the grand building, and they are blessed with two children. But headstrong, passionate Laura wants more, and when she takes a leap of faith and applies to the Columbia Journalism School, her world is cracked wide open. As her studies take her all over the city, she is drawn to Greenwich Village's new bohemia, where she discovers the Heterodoxy Club—a radical, all-female group in which women are encouraged to loudly share their opinions on suffrage, birth control, and women's rights. Soon, Laura finds herself questioning her traditional role as wife and mother. And when valuable books are stolen back at the library, threatening the home and institution she loves, she's forced to confront her shifting priorities head on . . . and may just lose everything in the process.
Eighty years later, in 1993, Sadie Donovan struggles with the legacy of her grandmother, the famous essayist Laura Lyons, especially after she's wrangled her dream job as a curator at the New York Public Library. But the job quickly becomes a nightmare when rare manuscripts, notes, and books for the exhibit Sadie's running begin disappearing from the library's famous Berg Collection. Determined to save both the exhibit and her career, the typically risk-averse Sadie teams up with a private security expert to uncover the culprit. However, things unexpectedly become personal when the investigation leads Sadie to some unwelcome truths about her own family heritage—truths that shed new light on the biggest tragedy in the library's history. - Back Cover
My Thoughts
Any time there is a book about books, libraries, or other book lovers, I'm in. This one has all three AND is a multigenerational dual time period story, so what is not to love? Plus, it all centers around a mystery of stolen rare books from the famous New York Public Library, so it really seems like this book was written with me personally in mind.
Any time there is a book about books, libraries, or other book lovers, I'm in. This one has all three AND is a multigenerational dual time period story, so what is not to love? Plus, it all centers around a mystery of stolen rare books from the famous New York Public Library, so it really seems like this book was written with me personally in mind.
I LOVED this novel. Laura and Sadie share similarities across generations; they fight for their careers and love their families. There were many evenings when I knew I needed to go to sleep but really wanted to keep reading to get to the bottom of the mystery. Then when all was revealed I was not prepared for the culprits.
Lately, I am super into historical fiction that is incorporating the more recent past. Like I love the look back at 1993 compared to 1913 instead of setting Sadie in the 2020s or the more ambiguous "Today." The choice of the early 1990s feels intentional and works so well for the comparison of the two women's stories.
I look forward to reading more from this author!
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I look forward to reading more from this author!
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