Rent The Invention of Everything Else

Synopsis

From the moment Louisa first catches sight of the strange
man who occupies a forbidden room on the thirty-third
floor, she is determined to befriend him.Unbeknownst to
Louisa, he is Nikola Tesla—inventor of AC electricity and wireless
communication—and he is living out his last days at the
Hotel New Yorker.Winning his attention through a shared love
of pigeons, she eventually uncovers the story of Tesla's life as a
Serbian immigrant and a visionary genius: as a boy he built
engines powered by June bugs, as a man he dreamed of pulling
electricity from the sky.The mystery deepens when Louisa
reunites with an enigmatic former classmate and faces the loss
of her father as he attempts to travel to the past to meet up with
his beloved late wife. Before the week is out, Louisa must come
to terms with her own understanding of love, death, and the
power of invention.
The Invention of Everything Else immerses the reader in a
magical mid-twentieth-century New York City thrumming with
energy, wonder, and possibility.

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