Description: WWII France Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris HCDJ 1ST EDITION SIGNED 1st Edition Signed & Inscribed by the Author to a very good friend. No other writing, underlining or highlighting appear in this book. Good, solid condition. Cover, spine and dust jacket are in great condition. Spine is straight & strong with all pages firmly attached. Endpapers are unbroken and firmly attached. See pics for condition details. 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. 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, look place during the German occupation decades before. Althrough 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 scrap book of recipes site has inherited from her dead mother. With this book, Framboise re-creates her mother's dishes, which she serves in her small creperie. And yet as she studies the scrapbook -- searching for clues to unlock the contradiction between her mother's sensuous love of food and often cruel demeanor -- she begins to recognize a deeper meaning behind Mirabelle's cryptic scribbles. Whithin the journal's tattered pages lies the key to what actually transpired the summer Framboise was nine years old. Rich and dark. Fire Quarters of the Orange is a novel of mothers and daughters of the past and the present, of resisting, and succumbling, and an extraordinary work by a masterful writer. Fast Shipping Buy with confidence. eBay member since 2002 (20+ years) with great feedback! Message me with any questions.Thanks for looking!
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Product Group: Book
Signed By: Joanne Harris
Book Title: Five Quarters of the Orange
Book Series: Historical
Original Language: English
Item Length: 9.2in
IsTextBook: No
Vintage: Yes
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 1in
Personalized: Yes
Features: Dust Jacket
Topic: Cooking, Family Life, Psychological, Romance / Contemporary, General, Historical, Mother Daughter Relationships, Restaurateurs, Wine Loire River Valley France, World War II France
Item Width: 6.1in
Binding: Paperback
Signed: Yes
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: HarperCollins
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed: Yes
Weight: 1 lbs
Edition: Collector's Edition, First Edition
Publication Year: 2001
Type: Novel
Author: Joanne Harris
Genre: Family, Parenting & Relations, War & Combat, Fiction, Historical Fiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 20.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 307 Pages
