The marriage of opposites : a novel / Alice Hoffman.
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. But Rachel's life is not her own. To save her father's business, she is married off to a widower with three children. When her husband dies suddenly and his handsome, much younger nephew, Frederic, 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, Camille Pissarro, who will become one of the greatest artists of France.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781442385801
- ISBN: 1442385804
- Physical Description: 11 audio discs (approximately 14 hour) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [New York] : Simon & Schuster, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
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- General Note:
- Compact discs.Subtitle from container.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Read by Gloria Reuben, Tina Benko and Santino Fontana, with an afterword read by the author.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swansboro Branch Library | CD FIC HOFFMAN (Text) | 36015000936225 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | CD F HOF (Text) | 80605000693951 | Adult Audiobook Fiction | Available | - |
| Bryan Memorial Library | CD Hof Mar (Text) | 810191001363220 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Columbus Library | CD F HOF (Text) | 31250200045861 | Adult Audiobook Fiction | Available | - |
| Corolla Library | CD F HOF (Text) | 39488600124426 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Elkin Public Library | CD (Text) | 30499100513918 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Hampton B. Allen Library | CD HOFFMAN (Text) | 18198000553976 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | HOF (Text) | 33258007869451 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| High Point Library | CDB-11 FIC Hoffman Alice (Text) | 30519010063546 | Adult Audiobook Fiction | Available | - |
| Hudson (Fontana) | CDBOOK HOFFMAN (Text) | 39493107743983 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
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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. But Rachel's life is not her own. To save her father's business, she is married off to a widower with three children. When her husband dies suddenly and his handsome, much younger nephew, Frederic, 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, Camille Pissarro, who will become one of the greatest artists of France.
