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The marriage of opposites, Alice Hoffman

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The marriage of opposites, Alice Hoffman
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
The marriage of opposites
Medium
compact disc
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Oclc number
904444926
Responsibility statement
Alice Hoffman
Summary
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, life-long friendship with Jestine, Adelle's daughter. But Rachel's life is not her own. She is married off to a widower
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