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Title:
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Vianne |
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Authors:
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Harris, Joanne |
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Genre:
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Fiction |
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Pages:
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399 |
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Year:
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2025 |
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Publisher:
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Hachette UK Company |
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Language:
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English |
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Description:
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Secrets.
Chocolate.
A touch of magic...
On a warm July evening, Sylviane Rochas scatters her mother's ashes in New York and lets the changing wind blow her to the French seaside town of Marseille.
For the first time in her life, Vianne holds the future in her own hands. Charming her way into a job as a waitress in a local bistrot, she knows that she is not here to stay - when her child is born in a few months, she must be gone.
As she discovers the joy of cooking, making recipes her own with the addition of bittersweet chocolate spices, she realises that it possesses its own magic in this town full of secrets.
Yet Vianne will never forget her mother's warning: that there is danger in revealing the true desires of those around her - and she must flee these cobbled streets before it's too late... Orion Publishing, Taken from book cover.
Comments from BDS Reviewers:"Although there is not a lot of 'plot', this is so well-written that it is hard to put it down".
"This felt like escapist reading... but that is not necessarily a criticism!"
"Joanne Harris is so skilled at describing/evoking atmosphere, tastes amd smells. She also conjures the feeling of people and their communities/neighbourhoods extremely skillfully".
"The book is easy to read, and the story develops quickly".
"The characters are varied and interesting, although a bit eccentric at times".
"Lots of information about French cooking and chocolate!"
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