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\nIn nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis's latest historical novel\ , a series of book thefts roils the iconic New York Public Library\, leavi ng two generations of strong-willed women to pick up the pieces.
\nI t's 1913\, and on the surface\, Laura Lyons couldn't ask for more out of l ife--her husband is the superintendent of the New York Public Library\, al lowing their family to live in an apartment within the grand building\, an d they are blessed with two children. But headstrong\, passionate Laura wa nts 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 he r all over the city\, she finds herself drawn to Greenwich Village's new b ohemia\, where she discovers the Heterodoxy Club--a radical\, all-female g roup in which women are encouraged to loudly share their opinions on suffr age\, birth control\, and women's rights. Soon\, Laura finds herself quest ioning her traditional role as wife and mother. But when valuable books ar e stolen back at the library\, threatening the home and institution she lo ves\, she's forced to confront her shifting priorities head on . . . and m ay just lose everything in the process.
\nEighty years later\, in 19 93\, Sadie Donovan struggles with the legacy of her grandmother\, the famo us 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 n ightmare when rare manuscripts\, notes\, and books for the exhibit Sadie's running begin disappearing from the library's famous Berg Collection. Det ermined to save both the exhibit and her career\, the typically risk-adver se Sadie teams up with a private security expert to uncover the culprit. H owever\, 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.
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