10 Books Similar to The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman

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The Museum of Extraordinary Things

by Alice Hoffman (2014)

3.48(40 ratings)

The daughter of a 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. By the best-selling author of Here on Earth.

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