Belle Greene: A Novel of America's Most Famous Librarian Poetry_Gift_Guide Lim expertly weaves together seemingly

Lim expertly weaves together seemingly disparate themes into a unified theory of social justice

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and reinvention set in 1920s Louisiana and Los Angeles

Anthony Lukas Book Prize • Finalist for the Bernstein Award and the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award • Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize

discovering there's more to the struggling misfit than he would have guessed

Belle Greene: A Novel of America's Most Famous Librarian Poetry_Gift_Guide Lim expertly weaves together seeminglyBased on the true story of Belle da Costa Greene, a woman who defied all odds to carve out a destiny of her own choosing, this is a richly imagined novel bursting with atmosphere, lush period detail, and many unforgettable characters. New York in the 1900s. A young girl fascinated by rare books defies all odds and becomes the director of one of the countrys most prestigious private libraries. It belongs to the magnate J. P. Morgan,darling of the