Description
When Framboise Simon returns to her childhood village on the Loire, she arrives as a stranger—the locals have no idea she is the daughter of the woman they blame for a devastating tragedy during the German occupation. Armed with nothing but her mother's inherited scrapbook of recipes and memories, Framboise begins to uncover the secrets buried within its pages, each entry a clue to the dark summer of her ninth year. As past and present collide, she discovers that the journal holds far more than culinary wisdom—it contains the truth about the tragedy that shaped her family's fate and fractured her village. Through Harris's signature blend of mystery, memory, and sensory detail, this haunting novel explores how the echoes of wartime betrayal and loss reverberate across generations. A masterful meditation on identity, redemption, and the power of hidden stories waiting to be revealed.
Available Editions
paperback
Harper Perennial
Published Jun 4, 2002
324 pages
ISBN: 9780060958022
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First Published
2002
Language
en
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris.