Who can resist a book dedicated to themselves? Ok, "for librarians everywhere" isn't only me but come on...this author "gets" it.
A grandmother/granddaughter story set in NYC, Laura Lyons is a young wife of the superintendent of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue. The job comes with an apartment on the premises. She has two young children but it looking for something for HER. The family is fulfilling but she wants more so she enrolls in the newly formed Columbia School of Journalism. Her world opens up and she meets a group of women fighting for equal rights.
Two generations later, Laura's granddaughter is librarian and curator at NYPL, working in the same building where her now famous grandma lived. It is her dream job but the mysterious disappearance of some rare books puts her at risk as one of the few people who have access. As she looks for clues, she discovers that her grandfather was also suspected of stealing rare books back in 1913. Can there be a relationship between the two crimes?
I encourage you to listen to Fiona Davis on the KPL Podcast to hear more cool details about her research and process.
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