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Authors: Alice Hoffman

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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 Three: A Cold Wind

Chapter Four: If You Leave

Chapter Five: Mortal Love

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 Ten: Runaway

Chapter Eleven: The Season of Rain

Afterword

Acknowledgments

Reading Group Guide

About Alice Hoffman

Bibliography

Table of Contents

Chapter One: We Followed the Turtles

Chapter Two: The Elixir of Life

Chapter Three: A Cold Wind

Chapter Four: If You Leave

Chapter Five: Mortal Love

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 Ten: Runaway

Chapter Eleven: The Season of Rain

Afterword

Acknowledgments

Reading Group Guide

About Alice Hoffman

Bibliography

Copyright

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