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The Museum of extraordinary things : a novel / Alice Hoffman.
"An extraordinarily imaginative and immersive novel, this one set in New York from 1911-1925"-- Provided by publisher.
"Mesmerizing and illuminating, Alice Hoffman's The Museum of Extraordinary Things is the story of an electric and impassioned love between two vastly different souls in New York during the volatile first decades of the twentieth century."-- Jacket.
Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the sinister impresario behind The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a Coney Island boardwalk freak show that thrills the masses. An exceptional swimmer, Coralie appears as the Mermaid in her father’s “museum,” alongside performers like the Wolfman, the Butterfly Girl, and a one-hundred-year-old turtle. One night Coralie stumbles upon a striking young man taking pictures of moonlit trees in the woods off the Hudson River. The dashing photographer is Eddie Cohen, a Russian immigrant who has run away from his father’s Lower East Side Orthodox community and his job as a tailor’s apprentice. When Eddie photographs the devastation on the streets of New York following the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, he becomes embroiled in the suspicious mystery behind a young woman’s disappearance and ignites the heart of Coralie.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451693560 (hardback) :
- ISBN: 9781451693577 (sc.) :
- Physical Description: 368 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2014.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Young women > Fiction Freak Show > Fiction Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire > Fiction Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > Fiction. Russians > New York (State) > New York > Fiction. New York (State) > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Jewish fiction. Love stories. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Bowen Island Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Bowen Island Public Library | F HOF (Text) | 30947000458899 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
