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Returning to her hometown on a tiny French island called Le Devin, Madeleine is saddened to realize that the island's decline reflects the deterioration of her increasingly withdrawn father, and she seeks to unite the town's other lost souls to save their home. By the author of Chocolat. 75,000 first printing.
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After three novels which centred around gastronomic pleasures Joanne Harris's new book, Coastliners, focuses on more astringent joys. Sea, gritty sand and adverse weather conditions replace Chocolat, Blackberry Wine and Five Quarters of the Orange. Set on a small, blustery fishing island off the coast of France, it tells the story of Mado, a young woman who returns to her childhood home to find the local community torn apart by family feuds, bad tides and murky political machinations.
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Passionate, stubborn Mado, whose "head is full of rocks" tries to save the livelihoods of the villagers of Les Salants by urging them to work together to save the beach from erosion, both natural and man-made. The villagers, written with endearing panache by Harris, are an eccentric, curmudgeonly bunch, who eventually cooperate with the help of Flynn, a charismatic stranger with a shady past. He's not the only man of mystery in Mado's life; her father, taciturn Grosjean, has a secretive heart that's as "prickly and tightly layered as an artichoke", and local, wealthy businessman Brismand also seems to be hiding something. Mado does her best to unravel these mysteries, while attempting to keep a hold on her own sense of self in the claustrophobic, close community. It's not only the shore line that takes a buffeting. The villagers and the island are so vividly described that it's impossible not to become engrossed in Mado's story. Coastliners is a book about longing to belong, and Joanne Harris charts that emotional voyage compellingly. --Eithne Farry
'A writer of tremendous charm...A winning blend of fairy-tale morality and gritty realism' -- Independent
'Everything about her style is aerodynamic...charming, stylish and economical' -- Sunday Times
'Sensuous, evocative...you can almost feel the sand between your toes and taste the salty air' -- Heat
‘Another triumph for Joanne Harris...A must-read’ -- Punch
'Everything about her style is aerodynamic...charming, stylish and economical' -- Sunday Times
'Sensuous, evocative...you can almost feel the sand between your toes and taste the salty air' -- Heat
‘Another triumph for Joanne Harris...A must-read’ -- Punch
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- Publication date2002
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