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Loved this book and loved Belle. If you have ever been to the Morgan Library and loved it this book is a must read. Beautiful, smart and sassy she delights and never ever shows fear. Perhaps in this day and age mixed marriages seem common but were not in Belle's time. JP Morgan respected her and trusted her taste and judgement. What we see today is because of them. Read the book and enter their world. Then read The House of Morgan.


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An Illuminated Life Bella da Costa Greene Journey from Prejudice to Privilege Heidi Ardizzone PhD 9780393051049 Books Reviews

A fascinating woman and her relationship with Bernard Berenson was equally interesting. This book led me to reading more about Mr. Berenson and his ties to prominent artists and curators.
I recommend this book to all with an interest in art history.
I had never herd of the Morgan library until I planed a trip to New York and saw it in a guid book. Ms Greene was mentioned and I had to find out more about her. The author does a great job of pulling you into the life and times of this woman and the people around her.
very interesting book and well written about an important period in time with lots of detail that were not available previously
It is a wonderful account of a very intelligent, daring and stylish woman who defied the racism of the day.
Passing for white was a survival technique and she employed it with grace, humor, and realism.
Why no one has made a movie of her life, is beyond me.
It would be great material for a Masterpiece theater series.
An interesting life...slow start but worth the struggle.
Stories like these should be pushed for Black History, but the media shows and promotes the same stories, and characters. Not that the standard names and institutions were insignificant, but this gives a psychological sickness of the racial mentality of America, but shows how many people of color could not be their true selves. I have a feeling Morgan knew she was black and didn't care. She looked blacker than many of the current bi-racial celebrities today. She looked unmistakably black! I don't know how they didn't know, but I believe some knew. For Greene's father to literally abandon them, while promoting black causes etc.. so I'm sure that traumatized her, constant fear of being found out. I don't know if blacks helped assist "passers", but mentally she was quick and knew people on a highly evolved mind, and was able to elevate herself from those of the "first mind. She could not have been truly happy because America forced her to tell little white lies to gain acceptance.
My book group chose this book to go along with a field trip to the Morgan library in New York as well as it meeting our diversity themed book requirement. The book was wonderful, especially during a time when race was not as widely understood. We thought Bella had a wildly interesting life. At the Morgan library, more information was given on the artifacts in the library vs. information on Bella's life there.
Loved this book and loved Belle. If you have ever been to the Morgan Library and loved it this book is a must read. Beautiful, smart and sassy she delights and never ever shows fear. Perhaps in this day and age mixed marriages seem common but were not in Belle's time. JP Morgan respected her and trusted her taste and judgement. What we see today is because of them. Read the book and enter their world. Then read The House of Morgan.