6DoBS - August - The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose

We start with *The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose.

Heather Rose also wrote The Butterfly Man.

Not too many books have butterflies in the title.

But *In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez does.

In the Time of the Butterflies takes place in the Dominican Republic during Trujillo's rule.

*The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz also deals with the Trujillo's rule in the Dominican Republic.

The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.

Someone by Alice McDermott was also shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. 

Alice McDermott is an inductee in the Empire State Center for the Book Hall of Fame.

Colson Whitehead, author of *John Henry Days, is also an inductee in the Empire State Center for the Book Hall of Fame.

Colson Whitehead has childhood ties to Long Island.

Alice Hoffman, author of The Museum of Extraordinary Things, grew up on Long Island.

From Modern Love to Extraordinary Things, it's all about museums that aren't.

*indicates that I've read the book