The Museum of Human History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781953534910)

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 new technology and medical advances that promise to ease anxiety and end pain, but instead cause devastating side effects.

Weaving 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 The Museum of Human History is a brilliant and fascinating novel about how time shapes us, asking what--if anything--we would be without it.


Author: Rebekah Bergman
ISBN-10: 1953534910
ISBN-13: 9781953534910
Publisher: Tin House Books
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2023
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2023
Publishers Weekly 06/26/2023
Foreword 06/27/2023
Shelf Awareness 08/04/2023
Booklist 08/01/2023 pg. 25