I was frustrated that it took so long for them to meet! Ed's relationship with his father is well developed and heartbreaking.I like the way Ms. Her description of the fire was so well done and moving - I felt I was there.I liked Ed' story better than the main story of Cora. Hoffman uses historical events like the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire to build her story around. I found the book a bit slow going and even repetitious, but there were several things I liked.First, I like the way Ms. The Museum of Extraordinary Things is Hoffman at her most spellbinding. New York itself becomes a riveting character as Hoffman weaves her magic, romance, and masterful storytelling to unite Coralie and Eddie in a sizzling, tender, and moving story of young love in tumultuous times. When Eddie captures with his camera the devastation on the streets of New York following the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, he becomes embroiled in the mystery behind a young woman's disappearance.
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 an apprentice tailor.
One night Coralie stumbles upon a striking young man photographing moonlit trees in the woods off the Hudson River.
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. From 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.Ĭoney Island: Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the impresario behind The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a boardwalk freak show that amazes and stimulates the crowds.
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