“The Personal Librarian,” by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, will be Forsyth County Public Library’s 2022 On The Same Page community read.

The novel is based on the true story of Belle de Costa Greene, who became Gilded Age titan J.P.
Morgan’s librarian in 1905. Greene was a charismatic personality, who helped Morgan, and
later his son, acquire priceless manuscripts and art objects. But Greene had a secret that could
destroy the career she had worked to build—she had chosen to live as a white woman although
her father was Black.

The community read will take place from Sept. 22 to Nov. 19, and will feature events,
programming, book club discussions and conversations around the book’s themes.

For more information, visit the library’s website: www.forsyth.cc/library