{"product_id":"the-marriage-of-opposites-9781451693607","title":"The Marriage of Opposites","description":"\"A 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. \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\u003e\"A 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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451693607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Alice Hoffman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651414323356,"sku":"9781451693607","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d7ff9fe6-0097-43bb-9535-c14f210dfdb9.jpg?v=1603877598","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-marriage-of-opposites-9781451693607","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}