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A story of Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas, from the New York Times bestselling author of My Name Is Mary SutterThe young Mary Cassatt never thought moving to Paris after the Civil War to be an artist was going to be easy, but when, after a decade of work, her submission to the Paris Salon is rejected, Mary's fierce determination wavers. Her father is begging her to return to Philadelphia to find a husband before it is too late, her sister Lydia is falling mysteriously ill, and worse, Mary is beginning to doubt herself. Then one evening a friend introduces her to Edgar Degas and her life changes forever. Years later she will learn that he had begged for the introduction, but in that moment their meeting seems a miracle. So begins the defining period of her life and the most tempestuous of relationships.In I Always Loved You, Robin Oliveira brilliantly re-creates the irresistible world of Belle poque Paris, writing with grace and uncommon insight into the passion and foibles of the human heart.For readers of Cathy Marie Buchanan's The Painted Girls.An exhibit on the relationship between Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas is now on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and will run until October 5, 2014.
About the Author
Robin Oliveira grew up in upstate New York but now calls the Seattle area home. She is a former registered nurse specializing in Critical Care and Bone Marrow Transplant, but now writes fiction and the occasional essay. She holds a B.A. in Russian and studied at the Pushkin Language Institute in Moscow when Russia was still the USSR. In addition to a degree in nursing, she holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the New York Times bestselling author of three novels. Her first, My Name is Mary Sutter is an epic novel about medicine and nursing in the Civil War. The second, I Always Loved You, traces the lives of the Impressionists in Paris, France. Her most recent novel, Winter Sisters, explores the disappearance of two little girls during an historic blizzard in Albany, N.Y., touching on the triumph of the human spirit in the most difficult circumstances. Her novels are based on meticulous research. Robin loves to travel, cycle, hike, and most of all, READ!
