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Title The personal librarian [large print] : a novel / Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray.
Publisher New York : Random House Large Print, 2021.
Copyright ©2021
Description 482 pages ; 24 cm.
Edition First large print edition.


LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 DX-Room 210 - Adult  LARGE TYPE BENEDICT Nearby on shelf  3 1974 02120 4713 03-27-24  RECENT RETURN
 DX-Room 210 - Adult  LARGE TYPE BENEDICT  3 1974 02125 9535 03-27-24  RECENT RETURN
 ML-Fiction  LARGE TYPE BENEDICT  3 1974 02127 2694 09-08-23  AVAILABLE
Note "A GMA book club pick!"--Cover.
"The Good Morning America Book Club"--Cover.
"A novel"--Cover.
Summary "In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps create a world-class collection. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs. She was born not Belle da Costa Greene but Belle Marion Greener. She is the daughter of Richard Greener, the first Black graduate of Harvard and a well-known advocate for equality. Belle’s complexion isn’t dark because of her alleged Portuguese heritage that lets her pass as white--her complexion is dark because she is African American. The Personal Librarian tells the story of an extraordinary woman, famous for her intellect, style, and wit, and shares the lengths she must go to--for the protection of her family and her legacy--to preserve her carefully crafted white identity in the racist world in which she lives"-- Back cover.
Subject Greene, Belle da Costa -- Fiction.
Pierpont Morgan Library -- Fiction.
African American women librarians -- Fiction.
Librarians -- Fiction.
African American women -- Fiction.
Passing (Identity) -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction.
Genre Large print books.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Add'l Names Murray, Victoria Christopher, author.
ISBN 9780593414248
0593414241