I ALWAYS LOVED YOU

In I ALWAYS LOVED YOU, New York Times bestselling author Robin Oliveira writes a mesmerizing tale of the complex romance between artists Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas in the bestselling tradition of Girl With a Pearl Earring and Girl in Hyacinth Blue, set during the irresistible world of Belle Époque France. This novel has all the hallmarks of a bestseller: a strong and intelligent female character, a vividly described setting, multiple love stories, and the overriding dream of Mary Cassatt to become a successful artist.

The young Mary Cassatt never thought it was going to be easy moving to Paris after the Civil War to be an artist, but when, after a decade of work, her submission to the Paris Salon is rejected, Mary Cassatt'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. The novel spans more than fifty years of Cassatt's life, from twenty-one to eighty-two and is peopled with the many famous artists and writers of the Belle Époque period, including Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Cézanne, Emile Zola, and of course Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas. It also encompasses the torrid affair between Edouard Manet and Berthe Morisot, good friends of Cassatt and Degas.

Robin Oliveira's New York Times bestselling debut novel, My Name Is Mary Sutter, received amazing blurbs from Janice Y. K. Lee, David Ebershoff, and more, and also received wonderful review coverage from O Magazine, The Seattle Times, USA Today among many others.