Summary of The Marriage of Opposites: Alice Hoffman | Summary & Analysis

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INTRODUCTION
GENERAL SUMMARY

Marriage of Opposites details the life of Rachel Pomié Petit Pizzarro, mother of the famous impressionist painter Camille Pizzarro. It serves to bring a layer of depth not only into the life of Rachel, but the life and artistic endeavors of Camille Pizzarro. As mentioned in Alice Hoffman’s afterword, a majority of the story is built on fact—any imaginations beyond what has been presented to the modern day were created for the fluidity of the novel, but often fell behind what was the real-life story of the Pomié, Petit, and Pizzarro families.
 
SETTING

A majority of this novel takes place in the capital of St. Thomas, Charlotte Amalie. It also partially takes place in Paris—a place Rachel often dreamt of visiting as a child, and eventually lived in as an adult. The community of Jewish refugees to which Rachel’s family belongs is chock-full of extremely pious people, oftentimes leading Rachel into difficult situations with both her mother and the congregation.

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78 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 26, 2015

Reviews

[Doris Zielinski · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought I was getting the book ,not a summary. I'm disappointed.

Would've liked to read the book first , then the summary.

It was confusing going back and forth from one place to another and one marriage, sickness and death ; wondering what I read .

[Sherri]

Loved this book!

[Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Riveting story of the origins of the French pre-Impressionist painter Camille Pisarro. The one weakness of the book it seemed to me was that it addresses issues of race and relationships between the white population and slaves and freed slaves superficially, factually, rather than with the emotion that is given to other threads of the story. And the author's note does not deal with these issues at all.

[jmmarq1956msn.com · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read love the end

Ok twenty more words on this book that's seven. I really don't have much more to say it's Good read I enjoyed the ending it was a surprise I'm still in contemplation of its meaning. I was recommended this book by a book club and felt this short version gave me a jump on reading the full version only took two hours to read go for it. I chose the rating because I love a fast read and anything to do with art

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alice Hoffman writes in pictures, so I should not have been surprised that this book told the story of a great artist. Now I have to research his paintings! Very engaging story and great character development, but not my favorite Hoffman book.

[Anne Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed this well written story of Camille Pissario's mother's life on St. Thomas Island.