The marriage of opposites : a novel
(Book)
Author
Status
Adult Fiction - South Wing Basement
Hoffman
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Hoffman
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 369).
Description
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, Fréderick, 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.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Arranged marriage -- Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Charlotte Amalie (United States Virgin Islands) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.
France -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Jews -- Caribbean Area -- History -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Pissarro, Camille, -- 1830-1903 -- Family -- Fiction.
Pissarro, Fréderick, -- 1802-1865 -- Fiction.
Pissarro, Rachel, -- 1795-1889 -- Fiction.
Romance fiction
Scandals -- Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Charlotte Amalie (United States Virgin Islands) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.
France -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Jews -- Caribbean Area -- History -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Pissarro, Camille, -- 1830-1903 -- Family -- Fiction.
Pissarro, Fréderick, -- 1802-1865 -- Fiction.
Pissarro, Rachel, -- 1795-1889 -- Fiction.
Romance fiction
Scandals -- Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Fiction.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hoffman, A. (2015). The marriage of opposites: a novel (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.). Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hoffman, Alice. 2015. The Marriage of Opposites: A Novel. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hoffman, Alice. The Marriage of Opposites: A Novel Simon & Schuster, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hoffman, Alice. The Marriage of Opposites: A Novel First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., Simon & Schuster, 2015.
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