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Blackberry Wine
by Joanne Harris
July 2001
Synopsis
"Writer Jay Mackintosh reached his artistic zenith with Jackapple Joe, a novel he wrote 10 years ago, based on the time he spent as a boy with a crusty, enigmatic old man named Joseph Cox in the tiny English town of Kirby Monckton. Joe's stories, simple wisdom and folk charms-and his uncanny ability to make anything grow-made their time together magical. But old Joe disappeared one fall without a trace. Now, with his life going nowhere, Jay impulsively purchases a small cottage in the remote village of Lansquenet and relocates to the sleepy French countryside in an attempt to recapture the magic that vanished 20 years ago-and maybe even find 'Jackapple Joe' again." (Publisher)
Reviews
- "The author of the critically acclaimed novel Chocolat, returns to the French countryside with a whimsical story of memory and new beginnings, spiced with everyday magic. Meant to be sipped and savored. Enchanting." (Barnes & Noble Guide to New Fiction)
- "Harris' best-selling novel Chocolat [was] a frothy cup of spicy chocolate [that] could liberate and transform lives . . . Blackberry Wine takes us to similar imaginative territory." (San Francisco Chronicle)
- "[Harris'] voice is crisp and sure, touching the edges of things with cool light . . . as reliably darling as [ Chocolat] . . . a well-crafted escape into a world where lessons can be learned and evil [can] be given the slip." (Seattle Times)
Book Club Rating and Comments
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Other Books by Joanne Harris
- 'Chocolat'
- 'Five Quarters of the Orange'