"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"--
With beautifully crafted prose, Alice Hoffman spins hope from heartbreak in this profoundly moving novel.
The core of this book builds on the work of Jung and Myers Briggs in the field of personality types, and there are occasional references to the general theology that has guided Shackelford, a retired pastor, through much of his life.
Hoffman has done a great job in dealing with a complex plot that never disappoints the readers. You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL On the brink of World War II, with the Nazis tightening their grip on Berlin, a mother’s act of courage and love offers her daughter a chance of survival. “[A] hymn to ...
... buttoned her blue coat, and arisen from the meadow towalk barefoot through the woods. You will never believemy dream,she may have toldher parents, waiting atthe door,relieved beyondwordsby herreturn.
Hoffman has done a great job in dealing with a complex plot that never disappoints the readers. You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan.
This dark romantic tale asks whether it is possible to survive a love that consumes you completely.
The Dovekeepers is “striking….Hoffman grounds her expansive, intricately woven, and deepest new novel in biblical history, with a devotion and seriousness of purpose” (Entertainment Weekly).
Doerr and the series editor, Heidi Pitlor, winnow down twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
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