Five Quarters of the Orange
by:
Joanne Harris (author)
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 woman they hold responsible for a tragedy during the German occupation years ago. But the past and present are inextricably entwined, particularly in a...
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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 woman they hold responsible for a tragedy during the German occupation years ago. But the past and present are inextricably entwined, particularly in a scrapbook of recipes and memories that Framboise has inherited from her mother. And soon Framboise will realize that the journal also contains the key to the tragedy that indelibly marked that summer of her ninth year. . . .
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061214608 (0061214604)
ASIN: 61214604
Publish date: January 2nd 2007
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 307
Edition language: English
Category:
History,
Cultural,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
War,
Contemporary,
France,
World War II,
Fiction,
Historical
Rather a melancholy read.Library copy
Throughout the story, my opinion of several characters wavered back and forth between positive and negative emotions. Often, the characters seemed so manipulative, so immature, so cruel and mindless, that it seemed there was no room for kindness or compassion on the pages, and I wondered where the s...
Throughout the story, my opinion of several characters wavered back and forth between positive and negative emotions. Often, the characters seemed so manipulative, so immature, so cruel and mindless, that it seemed there was no room for kindness or compassion on the pages, and I wondered where the s...
I enjoyed this book but the children seemed so much older than they were. I read this explanation by Laura Merrill Miller for their cruelty: "But five quarters? There is no such thing – there we have the logic of children: split an orange five ways and what do you get? Five quarters. It’s a subtle r...
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