Five Quarters Of The Orange - 1st Edition/1st Printing View Online By Joanne Harris
| Title | : | Five Quarters Of The Orange - 1st Edition/1st Printing |
| Author | : | Joanne Harris |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 307 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0060198133 |
The novels of Joanne Harris are a literary feast for the senses Five Quarters of the Orange represents Harris s most complex and sophisticated work yet a novel in which darkness and fierce joy come together to create an unforgettable story.When Framboise Simon returns to a small village on the banks of the Loire, the locals do not recognize her as the daughter of the in The novels of Joanne Harris are a literary feast for the senses Five Quarters of the Orange represents Harris s most complex and sophisticated work yet a novel in which darkness and fierce joy come together to create an unforgettable story.When Framboise Simon returns to a small village on the banks of the Loire, the locals do not recognize her as the daughter of the infamous Mirabelle Dartigen the woman they still hold responsible for a terrible tragedy that took place during the German occupation decades before Although Framboise hopes for a new beginning she quickly discovers that past and present are inextricably intertwined Nowhere is this truth apparent than in the scrapbook of recipes she has inherited from her dead mother.With this book, Framboise re creates her mother s dishes, which she serves in her small creperie And yet as she studies the scrapbook searching for clues to unlock the contradiction between her mother s sensuous love of food and often cruel demeanor she begins to recognize a deeper meaning behind Mirabelle s cryptic scribbles Within the journal s tattered pages lies the key to what actually transpired the summer Framboise was nine years old.Rich and dark Five Quarters of the Orange is a novel of mothers and daughters of the past and the present, of resisting, and succumbing, and an extraordinary work by a masterful writer
about Author
Joanne Harris is an Anglo French author, whose books include fourteen novels, two cookbooks and many short stories Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magic realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology and fantasy She has also written a DR WHO novella for the BBC, has scripted guest episodes for the game ZOMBIES, RUN , and is currently engaged in a number of musical theatre pr Joanne Harris is an Anglo French author, whose books include fourteen novels, two cookbooks and many short stories Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magic realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology and fantasy She has also written a DR WHO novella for the BBC, has scripted guest episodes for the game ZOMBIES, RUN , and is currently engaged in a number of musical theatre projects as well as developing an original drama for television.In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine s College, Cambridge, and in 2013 was awarded an MBE by the Queen.Her hobbies are listed in Who s Who as mooching, lounging, strutting, strumming, priest baiting and quiet subversion She also spends too much time on Twitter plays flute and bass guitar in a band first formed when she was 16 and works from a shed in her garden at her home in Yorkshire 
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The novels of Joanne Harris are a literary feast for the senses Five Quarters of the Orange represents Harris s most complex and sophisticated
307 pagesJoanne Harris
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