{"product_id":"marriage-of-opposites-book-alice-hoffman-9781628996777","title":"The Marriage of Opposites","description":"\u003cb\u003eA luminous, Marquez-esque tale (\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Museum of Extraordinary Things\u003c\/i\u003e: a forbidden love story set on a tropical island about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro--the Father of Impressionism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing 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 older husband dies suddenly and his handsome, much younger nephew, Fr d rick, 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 favorite son, who will become one of the greatest artists of France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA work of art (\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage of Opposites\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the beloved, bestselling Alice Hoffman at the height of her considerable powers. Her lush, seductive prose, and heart-pounding subject.make this latest skinny-dip in enchanted realism.the Platonic ideal of the beach read (Slate.com). Once forgotten to history, the marriage of Rachel and Fr d rick will only renew your commitment to Hoffman's astonishing storytelling (\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50386745524497,"sku":"CIN1628996773G","price":6.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51461235015953,"sku":"CIN1628996773VG","price":6.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1628996773.jpg?v=1751246222","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/marriage-of-opposites-book-alice-hoffman-9781628996777","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}