Tuesday
August 16, 2016
7:00
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. Hoffman unfolds the intriguing story of
Pissarro’s beginnings. She adeptly and beautifully imagines the tempestuous
life of the artist’s mother, Rachel Pomié, who defied convention for passion,
and how his formative years on the island influenced him personally and
professionally.
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