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Still rocked by her mother's passing, Jess faces the toughest challenge yet: clearing out her childhood abode for sale. As she plows through her past, a roadblock appears with an old set of encyclopedias. To others, they are outdated and ready to be trashed. But to Jess, they embody her mom's love and the future she longed for.

In her journey to find the books a place to call home, Jess stumbles across a peculiar collection of letters, photos, and curios held in a warehouse--the Museum of Ordinary People. Drawn in, she pairs up with the warehouse's enigmatic keeper and becomes its unofficial caretaker. As they dig into the history of the objects entrusted to them, an array of tales spanning countries and eras is revealed, and deeply-rooted, home-grown secrets unearthed.

Inspired by an abandoned box of mementos, The Museum of Ordinary People is a poignant novel about memory and loss, the things we leave behind, and the future we create for ourselves.  

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing (May 30 2023)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1538740842
• Item weight ‏ : ‎ 272 g
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.34 x 2.92 x 20.32 cm