St. Matthew’s Book Group – October 13, 2:30PM

On October 13 at 2:30 we will discuss The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray at St. Matthew’s.
 
Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. She becomes a fixture on the New York society scene and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs. She is not of Portuguese heritage, but is the daughter of Richard Greener, the first Black graduate of Harvard and a well-known advocate for equality. This little-known story of an extraordinary woman, shares the lengths to which she must go—for the protection of her family and her legacy—to preserve her carefully crafted White identity in the racist world in which she lives.
 
Save the date: On November 24 we will discuss The Women by Kristin Hannah.