5/11/2023 0 Comments Chocolat by Joanne Harris![]() ![]() ![]() The novel's diary form-counting down the days of Lent until Easter-is suspenseful, and Harris takes her time unreeling the skein of evil that will prove to be Reynaud's undoing. A fun-loving band of river gypsies arrives, and a colorful pageant unfurls. Undaunted, Vianne garners support from the town's eccentrics, chiefly Armande Voizin, the oldest living resident, a self-professed sorceress who senses in Vianne a kindred spirit. In Francis Reynaud's zeal to enforce strict Lenten vows of self-denial, he regards his sybaritic neighbor with suspicion and disdain. ![]() Young widow Vianne Roche's mouthwatering bonbons, steaming mugs of liqueur-laced cocoa and flaky cream-filled patisserie don't earn her a warm welcome from the stern prelate of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes. The battle lines between church and chocolate are drawn by this British (and part French) author in her appealing debut about a bewitching confectioner who settles in a sleepy French village and arouses the appetites of the pleasure-starved parishioners. ![]()
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