The Personal Librarian: By Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray | Book Review Podcast

<p>The Personal Librarian By Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray</p> <p><strong>Website:</strong> <a href="https://gobookmart.com">https://gobookmart.com</a></p> <p>“From the moment I picked up <em>The Personal Librarian</em>, I was&nbsp;in awe of Belle da Costa Greene. My heart went out as she navigated the life she lived and the one she hid…. Belle’s story couldn’t come at a more fitting time as our country faces a united path forward.”<br> <strong>—ReShonda Tate Billingsley, </strong>National bestselling author of <em>A Little Bit of Karma<br> </em><br> “Upon starting this novel, be prepared to do nothing else until you’ve reached its poignant, reflective end. Through brilliant pacing and with painstaking care<em>,</em> Benedict and Murray paint a vibrant portrait of a woman whose accomplishments, relationships, and secretive history were as complex and intriguing as the collections she helped curate…a timely, provocative read perfect for book clubs. I loved it."<br> —<strong>Kristina McMorris</strong>, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Sold on a Monday<br> </em><br> "From the opulent gilded age ballrooms of New York, to the fiercely competitive auction houses of Europe, <em>The Personal Librarian </em>is a poignant story of race, class and one woman’s struggle to live authentically.”<br> —<strong>Renée Rosen, </strong>Author of <em>The Social Graces<br> <br> </em>“The story of Belle da Costa Greene is timely, universal, and enduring. Through it, Benedict and Murray raise questions that are as important now as they were a hundred years ago—questions to which a true historical answer may be less important than the fact that we are continuing to face them in contemporary ways.”<br> —<em><strong>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</strong></em><br> <br> “This fictional account of Greene’s life feels authentic; the authors bring to life not only Belle but all those around her. An excellent piece of historical fiction that many readers will find hard to put down.”<br> —<em><strong>Library Journal</st