The Museum of Extraordinary Things Hardcover - 2014

From the beloved, bestselling author of The Dovekeepers, a mesmerizing new novel about the electric and impassioned love between two vastly different souls in New York during the volatile first decades of the twentieth century.

Coney Island: Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the impresario behind The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a boardwalk freak show that amazes and stimulates the crowds. An exceptional swimmer, Coralie appears as the Mermaid in her fatherâÈçs âÈêmuseum,âÈë alongside performers like the Wolfman, the Butterfly Girl, and a one-hundred-year-old turtle. One night Coralie stumbles upon a striking young man photographing moonlit trees in the woods off the Hudson River.

The dashing photographer is Eddie Cohen, a Russian immigrant who has run away from his fatherâÈçs Lower East Side Orthodox community and his job as an apprentice tailor. When Eddie captures with his camera the devastation on the streets of New York following the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, he becomes embroiled in the mystery behind a young womanâÈçs disappearance.

New York itself becomes a riveting character as Hoffman weaves her magic, romance, and masterful storytelling to unite Coralie and Eddie in a sizzling, tender, and moving story of young love in tumultuous times. The Museum of Extraordinary Things is Hoffman at her most spellbinding.

Details

• Title The Museum of Extraordinary Things
• Author Alice Hoffman
• Binding Hardcover
• Edition First Edition
• Pages 368
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Scribner Book Company, NY
• Date 2014-02-25
• ISBN 9781451693560 / 1451693567
• Weight 1.29 lbs (0.59 kg)
• Dimensions 9.25 x 6.39 x 1.18 in (23.50 x 16.23 x 3.00 cm)
• Library of Congress subjects Jewish fiction, Love stories
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013036572
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC