Join Deputy Director Katie Werth for a discussion of Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis .

Eight months since losing her mother in the Spanish flu outbreak of 1919, twenty-one-year-old Lillian’s life has fallen apart. For the past six years, Lillian was one of the most sought-after artists' models in New York City. But with her mother gone, a grieving Lillian is rudderless and desperate. When she stumbles upon an employment opportunity, Lillian jumps at the chance. But the longer she works as a private secretary to the imperious and demanding Helen Frick, the more deeply her life gets intertwined with that of the family.