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The marriage of opposites : a novel / Alice Hoffman.
"A forbidden love story set on the tropical island of St. Thomas about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro, the Father of Impressionism"-- Provided by publisher.
Growing up on idyllic St. Thomas in the early 1800s, Rachel dreams of life in faraway Paris. Instead 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. They begin 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451693591 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1451693591 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9781451693607 (trade paperback)
- ISBN: 1451693605 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 369 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliography (page 369). |
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| Subject: | Pissarro, Camille, 1830-1903 > Family > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands : Island) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Romance fiction. Historical fiction. |
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- 5 of 7 copies available at Lackawanna County Library System.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Abington Community Library | FICTION HOFFMAN (Text) | 50687011380048 | Adult Fiction | Checked Out | 04/30/2024 | ||
| Albright Memorial Library | FICTION HOFFMAN (Text) | 50686014858695 | Storage | Available | - | ||
| Dalton Community Library | FICTION HOFFMAN (Text) | 50689010388501 | Adult Fiction | Available | - | ||
| Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library | FICTION HOFFMAN (Text) | 50686014858711 | Main Floor | Available | - | ||
| North Pocono Public Library | FICTION HOFFMAN (Text) | 50691010746670 | Adult Fiction | Checked Out | 04/25/2024 | ||
| Taylor Community Library | FICTION HOFFMAN (Text) | 50692010721572 | Adult Fiction | Available | - | ||
| Valley Community Library | FICTION HOFFMAN (Text) | 50690011024582 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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