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Belle Greene : a novel / Alexandra Lapierre ; Translated from the French by Tina Kover.

Lapierre, Alexandra, (author.). Kover, Tina A., (translator.).

Summary:
"New York in the 1900s. A young girl fascinated by rare books defies all odds and becomes the director of one of the country's most prestigious private libraries. It belongs to the magnate J. P. Morgan,darling of the international aristocracy and one of the city's richest men. Flamboyant, brilliant, beautiful, Belle is among New York society's most sought after intellectuals. She also hides a secret. although she looks white, she is African American, the daughter of a famous black activist who sees her desire to hide her origins as the consummate betrayal. Torn between history's ineluctable imperatives and the freedom to belong to the society of her choosing, Belle's drama, which plays out in a violently racist America, is one that resonates forcefully, and illuminatingly even today"--publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781609457587
  • ISBN: 1609457587
  • Physical Description: 524 pages, color plates ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: La Vergne : Europa Editions, 2022.
Subject: Greene, Belle da Costa > Fiction.
Passing (Identity) > United States > Fiction.
Women > Social conditions > Fiction.
Women librarians > Fiction.
Segregation > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Genre: Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 6 of 7 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults LAP Fiction (Text) 34001001418498 Adult Area Available -
Emmaus Public Library FIC LaPIERRE, ALEXANDRA (Text) 36446002066325 Adult Fiction Available -
Exeter Community Library LAP (Text) 33249025554134 New Available -
Gettysburg Library HIST FIC LAPIERRE ALEXANDRA (Text)
Endowment: Althea Schildknecht Named Endowment, 2022
35740635846454 Historical Fiction Available -
Mason-Dixon Public Library Adults LAP Fiction (Text) 34262000777975 Main Room Checked Out 03/28/2024
Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library FICTION LAPIERR (Text) 50686016199312 Main Floor Available -
Reading Public Library RPL - Main Fiction Lapierre (Text) 33223008925777 Fiction Available -

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