&lt;strong&gt;&quot;The Marriage of Opposites.&quot; &lt;/strong&gt;The woman who gave birth to Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro is the inspiration for Alice Hoffman&#x27;s latest novel, &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://books.simonandschuster.com/The-Marriage-of-Opposites/AliceHoffman/9781451693591#sthash.xLJ3jfMt.dpuf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Marriage of Opposites.&quot;&lt;/a&gt; Growing up in St. Thomas&#x27; Jewish community in the early 1800s, Rachel tries to rebel against the rules of the time but is forced to marry a widower with children…