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Overview: Joanne Harris is the author of Chocolat (made into an Oscar-nominated film in 2000, with Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp), and ten more bestselling novels. Her work is published in over fifty countries and has sold an estimated 30 million copies worldwide. Born in Barnsley, of an English father and a French mother, she studied Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge and spent fifteen years as a teacher before (somewhat reluctantly) becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Yorkshire with her family, plays bass in a band first formed when she was sixteen, works in a shed in her garden, likes musical theatre and old sci-fi, drinks rather too much caffeine, spends far too much time online and occasionally dreams of faking her own death and going to live in Hawaii.
Genre: Fiction, General
1. Chocolat: (2019 Version)
‘A feel-good book of the first order. One to curl up with… Read it’ — OBSERVER
‘Sensuous and thought-provoking… subtle and brilliant’ — DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘You are transported to another world. It’s perfect escapism.’ — ***** Reader review
‘A wonderful story told by a world-class storyteller.’ — ***** Reader review
‘I became totally immersed in this story. I loved it.’ — ***** Reader review
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In the small French village of Lansquenet, nothing much has changed in a hundred years. Then an exotic stranger, Vianne Rocher, blows in on the changing wind with her young daughter, and opens a chocolate boutique directly opposite the church. Soon the villagers cannot keep away, for Vianne can divine their most hidden desires.
But it’s the beginning of Lent, the season of abstinence, and Father Reynaud denounces her as a serious moral danger to his flock. Perhaps even a witch.
If Vianne’s chocolaterie is to survive, it will take kindness, courage and a little bit of magic…
Chocolat is Joanne Harris’s first book about Vianne Rocher, and was turned into the Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp.
The story of Vianne and her daughters continues in The Lollipop Shoes, Peaches for Monsieur le Curé, and The Strawberry Thief.
2. The Lollipop Shoes:
- ‘Chocolat was a hard act to follow but Harris has managed it in style’ — DAILY EXPRESS
‘A delicious urban fairytale, where killer shoes and Aztec myths battle it out with true love and the seductive power of chocolate’ — DAILY MAIL
‘A cracking and spellbinding story’ — ***** Reader review
‘Loved this book so much!’ — ***** Reader review
‘From the first page it captivates and holds you hostage’ — ***** Reader review
‘Magical and mesmerising’ — ***** Reader review
‘Who died?’ I said. ‘Or is it a secret?’
‘My mother, Vianne Rocher.’
Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her two daughters live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop.
Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door. The wind has stopped – at least for a while.
Then into their lives blows Zozie de l’Alba, the lady with the lollipop shoes – ruthless, devious and seductive.
With everything she loves at stake, Yanne must face a difficult choice; to flee, as she has done so many times before, or to confront her most dangerous enemy…
Herself.
3. Peaches for Monsieur le Cure:
‘Vianne – unconventional, good-hearted, slightly magical – blows in like a refreshing breeze, forcing people to question their prejudices. A delight’ – The Times
‘Expertly crafted, typically mouthwatering’ – Daily Mail
‘This bewitching novel stirs the senses’ – Good Housekeeping
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It isn’t often you receive a letter from the dead.
When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she allows the wind to blow her back to the village in south-west France where, eight years ago, she opened up a chocolate shop. But Lansquenet is different now: women veiled in black, the scent of spices and peppermint tea, and, on the bank of the river Tannes, facing the church: a minaret.
Nor is it only the incomers from North Africa that have brought change. Father Reynaud, Vianne’s erstwhile adversary, is disgraced and under threat.
Could it be that Vianne is the only one who can save him now?
Readers love Peaches for Monsieur le Curé
- ***** ‘I found it unputdownable’
***** ‘Brilliant and thought-provoking’
***** ‘Superbly written and flows along beautifully’
***** ‘Impossible to put down’
***** ‘Absolutely enchanting’
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