The Museum of Human History

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"This daughter of Mary Shelley delights and excites the border between story and science." -Samantha Hunt "A novel about what we want and also what we can't escape." -Allegra Hyde "A haunting chord of a novel that will hang in the air long after you turn the final page." -Tiffany Tsao "Reads like a documentary retold as a dream retold as a mystery novel. What a wise, good-hearted debut!" -Kate Bernheimer After 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 ...