by Alice Hoffman
My first Novel by Alice Hoffman and what a beautiful read it was.The Marriage of Opposites is one of those books that just draws you in with its seductive prose, Characters that are interesting and while some are based on real people others are figures of the author's imagination and what an imagin...
The Secret Wisdom of the Earth, Christopher Scotton, Robert Petkoff, narrator Although there are many themes in this novel, homophobia, the environment, an array of human emotions, devotion, life and death, good and evil, it really works because it is also a story about a grandfather and a grandson,...
The Marriage of Opposites, Alice Hofffman, Gloria Reuben, Narrator, Tina Benko, Narrator, Santino Fontana, narrator, Alice Hoffman, narrates the afterword. This novel is about the history of the Pissarro family. It takes place on Charlotte, Amalie, St. Thomas, in the early 1800’s, when it was unde...
A special thank you to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review. I fell in love with the synopsis the moment I read it, but since I didn’t finish The Museum of Extraordinary Things, I was concerned that I’d be disappointed. I almost didn’t request...
The Marriage of Opposites is a masterfully written story that submerges the reader into the beautiful setting, with the heat of the tropical St. Thomas sun, the wonder of the sea, and beauty of the jungle. It also completely engages the reader into the joys and heartaches of not just Rachel Pizzarro...
I have to admit I had never heard of Pissaro, but he did hang with some artists I had heard of. Anyhow, I went into this open minded as I hadn't read the author or heard of the artist. And I found it to be an absolutely enjoyable and entertaining story. There are lots of things going on in this stor...
A special thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Alice Hoffman is one of my absolute favourite authors. How excited was I to get an ARC of this book? I was not disappointed at all; I absolutely love art history being an art history major, and couple this with Hoffman's ex...
Set primarily in St. Thomas during the 1800's The Marriage of Opposites tells the story of Rachel Pomie, a young girl who dreams of Paris and refuses to live by the rules. However, she has no choice but to do so when she is to be married to a widower more than twice her age in order to save her fath...
Review of an ARC CopyI had been waiting for this book impatiently so as soon as I got hold of it, I stopped all other readings and immersed myself into it. Immersed is really the right word, because I did not look up until I had read the last word. And I was not disappointed. Again, Alice Hoffman de...
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