Super Short Summary

In 1913, Laura Lyons navigates her ambitions and family life while residing in the New York Public Library, getting involved in feminist movements and facing personal challenges. In 1993, her granddaughter Sadie Donovan, now a curator at the same library, grapples with a series of rare book thefts, uncovering family secrets that link past and present. The book contains a brief scene of violence against a child and mentions a death by suicide.