#Repost spinesvines ⁣ • • • ✨ BOOK & WINE PAIRING ✨⁣⁣ ⁣#READTHISSPINE 📖 - #ThePersonalLibrarian by victoriachristophermurray (🔺🐘) and authormariebenedict ⁣⁣ This book was so enjoyable! It was just what I needed to hold my attention and help me out of my reading slump. I mean, who knew that the J.P. Morgan's Personal Librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, was a Black woman from Washington, D.C. who spent her life passing as a white woman? 😳🤷🏽‍♀️ I had no idea. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Belle became a prominent figure in the art world at home and abroad, gaining respect among peers worldwide for her contributions. Aside from being J.P. Morgan's personal librarian she was beyond instrumental in helping build one of the most exquisite art, rare books and manuscript collections for The Pierpont Morgan Library. She was a force but was forever trapped between two worlds, being Black but passing as a white woman. Belle often struggled with her identity. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ "...should I abandon my false identity and launch in...