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The Sisters of Book Row

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By Shelley Noble
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Three years before women in New York could legally vote in 1918, a war in Europe entered its second year. The Applebaum sisters had inherited Arcadia Rare Bookshop from their widowed father before the Titanic’s voyage to the bottom of the sea. Olivia, the eldest at “nearly the wrong side of 24,” takes charge of her younger siblings: 20-year-old Daphne and 18-year-old Celia. In this period piece, Arcadia is located near Astor Place on Manhattan’s 4th Avenue, the historic Book Row.
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5 Historical Novels That Bring New York Neighborhoods to Life

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By Shelley Noble
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When I first moved to Manhattan, it seemed like a huge, overwhelming metropolis. But I soon began to learn its neighborhoods, and I knew I would write those neighborhoods, not as they are today but as they were, each as unique as the people who inhabited them. In The Sisters of Book Row, my Applebaum sisters live and work in a neighborhood of used and rare bookstores known throughout the world.
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The Sisters of Book Row

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By Shelley Noble
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. Mar. 2026. 384p. ISBN 9780063423916. pbk. $18.99. HISTORICAL FICTION COPY ISBN Noble’s( The Colony Club) 1915-set novel taps into the history of the women’s movement in the early 20th century. The Applebaum sisters run the Arcadia used bookstore they inherited from their father. Olivia, the eldest, is the rare-books expert. Daphne and Celia run the storefront. The store is located on Manhattan’s Book Row on Fourth Avenue, lined with booksellers and print shops.
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