Title: The Museum of Extraordinary Things : a novel /
Authors: Hoffman, Alice
Year: 2014
Subjects: Young women Fiction.; Immigrants New York (State) New York Fiction.; Russians New York (State) New York Fiction.; FICTION / General.; FICTION / Historical.; FICTION / Jewish.; New York (State) History Fiction.
Abstract: The daughter of a Coney Island boardwalk curiosities museum's front man pursues an impassioned love affair with a Russian immigrant photographer who after fleeing his Lower East Side Orthodox community has captured poignant images of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
Contents: The world in a globe -- The man who couldn't sleep -- The dreamer from the dream -- The man who felt no pain -- The original liar -- The birdman -- The wolf's house -- The blue thread -- The girl who could fly -- The rules of love -- The world begins again.