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 20th century. With its colorful crowds of bootleggers, heiresses, thugs, and idealists, New York itself becomes a riveting character as Hoffman weaves her trademark magic and masterful storytelling to unite her characters in a sizzling, tender, and moving story of self-discovery in tumultuous times. (Publisher Summary)
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Captivating and illuminating, Alice Hoffman's Museum of Extraordinary Things is a fairy tale and historical fiction mash-up about an impassioned love affair between Coralie Sardie and Eddie Cohen, two vastly different people living in New York. Coralie works as a mermaid at her father's beloved Coney Island boardwalk freak show and Eddie is a Russian immigrant who has run away from his family and job as a tailor's apprentice. Eddie, an aspiring photographer, captures Coralie's heart as he tries to solve the mystery of a woman's disappearance in the wake of the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
The Museum of Extraordinary Things received a Starred Review from Booklist: "Hoffman unveils both horror and magic in this transfixing tale of liberation and love in a metropolis of lies, yearning, and metamorphosis."
