{"product_id":"museum-of-extraordinary-things","title":"Museum of Extraordinary Things","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMuseum of Extraordinary Things\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAlice Hoffman\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781451693560\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eScribner\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2014\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eFrom the beloved, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dovekeepers\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMesmerizing and illuminating, Alice Hoffman's \u003ci\u003eThe Museum of Extraordinary Things\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCoralie 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith its colorful crowds of bootleggers, heiresses, thugs, and idealists, New York itself becomes a riveting character as Hoffman weaves her trademark magic, romance, and masterful storytelling to unite Coralie and Eddie in a sizzling, tender, and moving story of young love in tumultuous times. \u003ci\u003eThe Museum of Extraordinary Things\u003c\/i\u003e is Alice Hoffman at her most spellbinding.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Museum of Extraordinary Things | Alice Hoffman | Hardcover | 9781451693560 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks I 1758542","offer_id":49178590412952,"sku":"1758542","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71f4ub4n19L.jpg?v=1780078400","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/museum-of-extraordinary-things","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}