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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hoffman, Alice.
The marriage of opposites: a novel based on the life of Rachel Pizzarro / Alice Hoffman. —First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
pages ; cm
Summary: “From the New York Times bestselling author of The Dovekeepers and The Museum of Extraordinary Things: 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.
I. Title.
PS3558.O3447M37 2015
813'.54—dc23 2014047743
ISBN 978-1-4516-9359-1
ISBN 978-1-4516-9361-4 (ebook)
Contents
Chapter One: We Followed the Turtles
Chapter Two: The Elixir of Life
Chapter Six: The Night of the Old Year
Chapter Seven: The Escape Artist
Chapter Eight: A Distant Planet
Chapter Nine: The Ground That We Walk Upon
Chapter Eleven: The Season of Rain
Table of Contents
Chapter One: We Followed the Turtles
Chapter Two: The Elixir of Life
Chapter Six: The Night of the Old Year
Chapter Seven: The Escape Artist
Chapter Eight: A Distant Planet
Chapter Nine: The Ground That We Walk Upon