
The Marriage of Opposites
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Narrated by:
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Gloria Reuben
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Tina Benko
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Santino Fontana
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Alice Hoffman- afterword
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By:
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Alice Hoffman
From the New York Times best-selling 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.
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, lifelong 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, Frédérick, 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.
Building on the triumphs of The Dovekeepers and The Museum of Extraordinary Things, set in a world of almost unimaginable beauty, The Marriage of Opposites showcases the beloved, best-selling Alice Hoffman at the height of her considerable powers. Once forgotten to history, the marriage of Rachel and Frédérick is a story that is as unforgettable as it is remarkable.
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Critic reviews
"While each narrator's voice is distinctive, they share a common intensity, a complete immersion in the lyrical language that is a Hoffman specialty.... Even with such scope, this audiobook manages to capture the imagination and transport listeners to another time." (AudioFile)
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What made the experience of listening to The Marriage of Opposites the most enjoyable?
I am not sure what happened??! I was loving this story from the beginning. It is classic Alice Hoffman - so beautiful and mystical. But then, about 3 hours from the end, I just lost interest. I finished it, of course, because I had by then invested so much time into the story, but it just became tedious to me. This makes me sad because I ADORE Alice Hoffman - The Red Garden is still one of the greatest audio books I have ever listened to. But this one just lost me and that made me sad. To be fair, I just finished two pretty intense thrillers, so the pace of this story may have been just the wrong follow-up. Whatever the case, it was not easy to finish. Also, and I realize that this is picky, but I wish the male voice would have been a bit more exotic sounding. I mean, he was the voice of Camille Pissarro - the French Jew from St. Thomas! But, alas, the narrator sounded like a man from the midwest USA.Started off GREAT, but then...
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Great book, Irritating narration.
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Wonderful
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I loved this book. You should definitely read it.
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One of the BEST books I’ve ever heard/read!!!
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Enchanting and Emotional But Anticlimactic
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Loved it
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Truly 5 stars.
Such a good book!
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Beautiful Magical Story
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Romantic book with great historical detail
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