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Violence
Some
Period violence including the Triangle Shirtwaist fire; some dark content
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of exploitation, identity, and finding humanity in those the world treats as spectacle
What this book is about
Coralie has lived all her life in her father's Museum of Extraordinary Things on the Coney Island boardwalk — displayed as a human mermaid, her webbed hands kept secret. Eddie Cohen is a photographer who left his Orthodox Jewish community to document New York's edges. Their worlds collide in a novel that is part historical fiction, part dark fairy tale, and part love story, set against the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Historical violence (Triangle fire)
Freak show exploitation themes
Adult romantic content
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