- Title:
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The Marriage of Opposites
- Written by:
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Alice Hoffman
- Read by:
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Gloria Reuben; Tina Benko; Santino Fontana; Alice Hoffman
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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11
- Duration:
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13 hours 36 minutes
- Published:
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August 27 2015
- Available Date:
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August 27 2015
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489022509
- Genres:
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Fiction; Historical Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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International bestselling author
'Hoffman reminds us with every sentence that words have the power to transport us to alternate worlds.'
Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author
From bestselling author Alice Hoffman comes a love story about one of history’s most captivating ‘invisible’ women: Rachel, the mother of Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro.
Growing up on idyllic St. Thomas in the early 1800s, Rachel dreams of life in faraway Paris. Rachel’s mother, a pillar of their small refugee community of Jews who escaped the Inquisition, has never forgiven her daughter for being a difficult girl who refuses to live by the rules. Growing up, Rachel’s salvation is their maid Adelle’s belief in her strengths, and her deep, life-long friendship with Jestine, Adelle’s daughter. But Rachel’s life is not her own. She is married off to a widower with three children to save her father’s business. When her husband dies suddenly and his handsome, much younger nephew, Frédérick, arrives from France to settle the estate, Rachel seizes her own life story, beginning a defiant, passionate love affair that sparks a scandal that affects all of her family, including her favourite son, who will become one of the greatest artists of France.
Set in a world of lush, exquisite beauty, The Marriage of Opposites shows Alice Hoffman at the height of her considerable powers. The marriage of Rachel and Frederic is an unforgettable story of an extraordinary woman and her forbidden love.