{"product_id":"the-museum-of-human-history-paperback","title":"The Museum of Human History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebekah Bergman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This daughter of Mary Shelley delights and excites the border between story and science.\"―Samantha Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A novel about what we want and also what we can't escape.\"―Allegra Hyde\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A haunting chord of a novel that will hang in the air long after you turn the final page.\"―Tiffany Tsao\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Reads like a documentary retold as a dream retold as a mystery novel. What a wise, good-hearted debut!\"―Kate Bernheimer \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter nearly drowning, eight-year-old Maeve Wilhelm falls into a strange comatose state. As years pass, it becomes clear that Maeve is not physically aging. A wide cast of characters finds themselves pulled toward Maeve, each believing that her mysterious \"sleep\" holds the answers to their life's most pressing questions: Kevin Marks, a museum owner obsessed with preservation; Monique Gray, a refugee and performance artist; Lionel Wilhelm, an entomologist who dreamed of being an astrophysicist; and Evangeline Wilhelm, Maeve's identical twin. As Maeve remains asleep, the characters grapple with a mysterious new technology and medical advances that promise to ease anxiety and end pain, but instead cause devastating side effects. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving together speculative elements and classic fables, and exploring urgent issues from the opioid epidemic to the hazards of biotech to the obsession with self-improvement and remaining forever young, Rebekah Bergman's \u003ci\u003eThe Museum of Human History\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant and fascinating novel about how time shapes us, asking what--if anything--we would be without it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebekah Bergman\u003c\/b\u003e's fiction has been published in \u003ci\u003eJoyland, Tin House, The Masters Review\u003c\/i\u003e anthology, and other journals. She lives in Rhode Island with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51892594376992,"sku":"9781953534910","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/klMQDR549s9781953534910.webp?v=1781987572","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-museum-of-human-history-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}