"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. But Laura wants more, and applies to the Columbia Journalism School. She discovers the Heterodoxy Club--a radical, all-female group, and soon Laura finds herself questioning her traditional role as wife and mother. But when valuable books are stolen back at the library, she's forced to confront her shifting priorities head on. Eighty years later, Sadie Donovan struggles with the legacy of her grandmother, at 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 begin disappearing from the library's famous Berg Collection. Things unexpectedly become personal when the investigation leads Sadie to some unwelcome truths about her own family heritage"-- Adapted from publisher description.
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