Five Quarters Of The Orange Joanne Harris by Joanne Harris 9781407056425, 1407056425, B003F2QO9G instant download after payment.

The novels of Joanne Harris are a literary feast for the senses. Five Quarters Of The Orange represents Harris's most complex and sophisticated work yet - a novel in which darkness and fierce joy come together to create an unforgettable story. 

"Unexpectedly sweet and powerful."  -  New York Times Book Review

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 Mirabelle Dartigen - the woman they still hold responsible for a terrible tragedy that took place during the German occupation decades before. Although Framboise hopes for a new beginning, she quickly discovers that past and present are inextricably intertwined. Nowhere is this truth more apparent than in the scrapbook of recipes she has inherited from her dead mother. Within the journal's tattered pages lies the key to what actually transpired the summer Framboise was nine years old. 

"The craftsmanship and emotional power of this novel... place Ms Harris in the forefront of women writers."   -  Richmond Times-Dispatch

Rich and dark, Five Quarters Of The Orange is a novel of mothers and daughters of the past and the present, of resisting, and succumbing, and an extraordinary work by a masterful writer.