The lions of Fifth Avenue :
Author
Format:
Large print
Physical Description
446 pages ; 24 cm
Edition
First large print edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Random House Large Print, [2020]
Summary
A New York Public Library superintendent's wife reevaluates her priorities upon joining a woman's suffrage group in 1913, decades before her granddaughter's efforts to save an exhibit expose tragic family secrets.
Call Number
LARGE PRINT FICTION DAVIS
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9780593285985
The lions of Fifth Avenue :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
354 pages ; 24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Production / Publication Information
[New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020]
Summary
"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 finds herself 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. But 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-adverse 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."--Provided by publisher.
Call Number
FICTION DAVIS
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781524744618 9781524744632
The lions of Fifth Avenue
Author
Format:
Sound recording
Physical Description
1 audio media player : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Production / Publication Information
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2020]
Call Number
PLAYAWAY DAV
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781662223969
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