

- Fiction, Young women, Immigrants, Russians
Coney Island, 1911: Coralie Sardie is the daughter of a self-proclaimed scientist and professor who acts as the impresario of The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a boardwalk freak show offering amazement and entertainment to the masses.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and effortless.
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- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Alice Hoffman
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Simon & Schuster Audio, Center Point Large Print
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781471112157
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