The Museum of Extraordinary Things: A Novel

by Alice Hoffman | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 1451693567 Global Overview for this book
Registered by amberC of Darwin, Northern Territory Australia on 4/25/2014
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Journal Entry 1 by amberC from Darwin, Northern Territory Australia on Friday, April 25, 2014
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.

Journal Entry 2 by amberC at Darwin, Northern Territory Australia on Wednesday, November 30, 2016
I love stories that weave historical facts into fiction. This was one of those with a strange, twisted, interesting story.

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