When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she has no choice but to follow the wind that blows her back to Lansquenet. But returning to her old home, Vianne is completely unprepared for what she is to find there. Women veiled in black, the scent of spices and a minaret on the bank of the river.
In these 22 short stories by Joanne Harris, the miraculous goes hand-in-hand with the mundane, the sour with the sweet, and the beautiful, the grotesque, the seductive and the disturbing are never more than a step away
In this romantic suspense novel the reaappearance of a diary ensures that past and present intertwine, paving the way for unknown consequences. Joanne Harris is also the author of 'Chocolat'. Originally published: London: Warner, 1992.
Seven o’clock on a Monday morning, five hundred years after the end of the world, and goblins had been at the cellar again. . . . Not that anyone would admit it was goblins. In Maddy Smith’s world, order rules. Chaos, old gods, fairies, goblins, magic, glamours–all of these were supposedly vanquished centuries ago. But Maddy knows that a small bit of magic has survived. The “ruinmark” she was born with on her palm proves it–and makes the other villagers fearful that she is a witch (though helpful in dealing with the goblins-in-the-cellar problem). But the mysterious traveler One-Eye sees Maddy’s mark not as a defect, but as a destiny. And Maddy will need every scrap of forbidden magic One-Eye can teach her if she is to survive that destiny.
Cuatro años después de "Chocolat", Yanne se ha instalado con sus hijas en una pequeña bombonería escondida en medio de Montmartre. Allí pretende vivir lejos de cualquier problema... y así es hasta que llega Zozie, que irrumpe en sus vidas como un huracán, con sus zapatos rojos y vestidos llamativos. Ayuda en la tienda, la pinta de arriba abajo, se convierte en la mejor amiga de todos... o por lo menos eso es lo que parece. Zozie, tan despiadada como seductora, tiene sus propios planes: quiere apoderarse de la vida entera de Yanne que, para defender lo suyo, tendrá que renunciar a la discreción y luchar con todas sus armas contra una enemiga cuyos poderes son tan fuertes como los de ella misma.
Beyond The Main Street Of Les Laveuses Runs The Loire, Smooth And Brown As A Sunning Snake - But Hiding A Deadly Undertow Beneath Its Moving Surface. This Is Where Framboise, A Secretive Widow Named After A Raspberry Liqueur, Plies Her Culinary Trade At The Crêperie - And Lets Memory Play Strange Games.Into This World Comes The Threat Of Revelation As Framboise S Nephew A Profiteering Parisian Attempts To Exploit The Growing Success Of The Country Recipes She Has Inherited From Her Mother, A Woman Remembered With Contempt By The Villagers Of Les Laveuses. As The Spilt Blood Of A Tragic Wartime Childhood Flows Again, Exposure Beckons For Framboise, The Widow With An Invented Past.Joanne Harris Has Looked Behind The Drawn Shutters Of Occupied France To Illuminate The Pain, Delight And Loss Of A Life Changed For Ever By The Uncertainties And Betrayals Of War.