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The museum of extraordinary things was wellreceived. The museum of extraordinary things by alice hoffman waterstones. When eddie cohen photographs the devastation on the streets of new york following the triangle shirtwaist factory fire, he becomes embroiled in. The story is told through alternating narratives from two characters, eddie ezekiel and coralie, and takes place before and during two wellknown fires of the time. The museum of extraordinary things the spellbinding people, 4 stars, new york times bestseller from the author of the dovekeepers. The museum of extraordinary things download pdfepub. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Alice hoffman, author of the 1998 oprahs book club pick here on earth and more recently the dovekeepers, returns with her 24th novel, a richly textured work balancing magical realism with historical fact.
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