I Always Loved You

**A story of Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas, from the *New York Times *bestselling author of* My Name Is Mary Sutter*** *** *Robin Oliveira’s latest novel, *Winter Sisters* , will be available in February from Viking**** 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. In *I Always Loved You* , 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. For readers of *The Painted Girls* by Cathy Marie Buchanan.