I Always Loved You

<b>A story of Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas from the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>My Name Is Mary Sutter</i></b> <p/><b><b>Robin Oliveira's latest novel <i>Winter Sisters</i> will be available in February from Viking</b></b> <p/> The 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. <p/> In <i>I Always Loved You</i> Robin Oliveira brilliantly re-creates the irresistible world of Belle Époque Paris writing with grace and uncommon insight into the passion and foibles of the human heart. <p/> For readers of <i>The Painted Girls</i> by Cathy Marie Buchanan.