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A review by robinshtulman
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
It is interesting to find that my favorite character in this book is New York itself. Imagine that the Chelsea neighborhood was once covered in fruit trees -- I have only known it as a forest of apartment buildings. It is impossible for me to envision any part of Manhattan or the Bronx as wooded as the place where Coralie first spies Eddie and Mitts.
I long for the photographs described in this book. I know that many of the photographers are fictional characters, but some are not, and the rallies and protests and tragedies Hoffman writes about are real pieces of NY history. She kindly includes some of her sources in the back. I will have to look at them.
Previous reading experiences are leading me to mix-up Coralie's father, Professor Sardie, with the parents from Geek Love, which I know is only superficially a good match.
I long for the photographs described in this book. I know that many of the photographers are fictional characters, but some are not, and the rallies and protests and tragedies Hoffman writes about are real pieces of NY history. She kindly includes some of her sources in the back. I will have to look at them.
Previous reading experiences are leading me to mix-up Coralie's father, Professor Sardie, with the parents from Geek Love, which I know is only superficially a good match.