The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Book • 2020
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis is a historical novel that follows two timelines.
In 1913, Laura Lyons, whose husband is the superintendent of the New York Public Library, enrolls in Columbia Journalism School and becomes involved with a radical feminist group in Greenwich Village.
Her life is disrupted when valuable books are stolen from the library.
Eighty years later, in 1993, Laura's granddaughter, Sadie Donovan, a curator at the New York Public Library, faces a similar crisis when rare manuscripts and books disappear from the library's Berg Collection.
Both women must confront their shifting priorities and uncover the truth behind the thefts, which lead to personal revelations about their family heritage and the library's history.
In 1913, Laura Lyons, whose husband is the superintendent of the New York Public Library, enrolls in Columbia Journalism School and becomes involved with a radical feminist group in Greenwich Village.
Her life is disrupted when valuable books are stolen from the library.
Eighty years later, in 1993, Laura's granddaughter, Sadie Donovan, a curator at the New York Public Library, faces a similar crisis when rare manuscripts and books disappear from the library's Berg Collection.
Both women must confront their shifting priorities and uncover the truth behind the thefts, which lead to personal revelations about their family heritage and the library's history.
