{"product_id":"567","title":"The Museum of Extraordinary Things: A Novel by Alice Hoffman","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMesmerizing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. The Museum of Extraordinary Things is Alice Hoffman at her most spellbinding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weathering The Storm Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Buy it Now","offer_id":43908751622222,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 Book Rental","offer_id":43908751654990,"sku":null,"price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4 Book Rental","offer_id":43908751687758,"sku":null,"price":6.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8 Book Rental","offer_id":43908751720526,"sku":null,"price":6.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2133\/3326\/files\/PXL_20260712_020919161.jpg?v=1784001855","url":"https:\/\/wtsbookstore.com\/products\/567","provider":"Weathering The Storm Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}