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1rainpebble
Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
I was absolutely fascinated by this book. Strange, as I did not care for her book Chocolat very much at all. I did, however, love the movie Chocolat. But THIS book has almost all of the elements that I look for in a 'but perfect' read. A little dark, a little light; some drama, some playfulness; strong characters, weaker characters who can be manipulated, a heart break, a love story; I think you get my drift.
This story takes place in war time France and brings to a village a woman, who spent half of her childhood here under a different name. There are mysteries and reasons as to why she does not wish the villagers to remember her or her family from her early years here. The story goes back and forth to her youth with her mother and 2 siblings and then to the current day. It is told in the first person of the woman and then of the young girl of her childhood.
It is a great story and is well written. I am sure that I will read it again one day. I recommend this one way over Chocolat and I gave it 4 stars.
I was absolutely fascinated by this book. Strange, as I did not care for her book Chocolat very much at all. I did, however, love the movie Chocolat. But THIS book has almost all of the elements that I look for in a 'but perfect' read. A little dark, a little light; some drama, some playfulness; strong characters, weaker characters who can be manipulated, a heart break, a love story; I think you get my drift.
This story takes place in war time France and brings to a village a woman, who spent half of her childhood here under a different name. There are mysteries and reasons as to why she does not wish the villagers to remember her or her family from her early years here. The story goes back and forth to her youth with her mother and 2 siblings and then to the current day. It is told in the first person of the woman and then of the young girl of her childhood.
It is a great story and is well written. I am sure that I will read it again one day. I recommend this one way over Chocolat and I gave it 4 stars.
2neverlistless
Oh, I so loved this book! There is something about Europe during WWII and food! I read this book about 3 years ago and can't remember exactly, but there was a character that showed up in this book that was also in Chocolat - I love it when authors tie their worlds together.
