Coastliners

by Joanne Harris | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 1840328150 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Chremajora of Siegen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on 4/28/2013
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Journal Entry 1 by Chremajora from Siegen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Sunday, April 28, 2013
The blurb:

Joanne Harris writes fiction that engages every one of the senses: reviewers called Chocolat "delectable" and Five Quarters of the Orange "sweet and powerful." In her new novel, she takes readers to a tiny French island where you can almost taste the salt on your lips.

The island, called Le Devin, is shaped somewhat like a sleeping woman. At her head is the village of Les Salants, while the more prosperous village of La Houssinière lies at her feet. You could walk between the towns in an hour, but they could not feel further apart, for between them lie years of animosity.

The townspeople of Les Salants say that if you kiss the feet of their patron saint and spit three times, something you've lost will come back to you. And so Madeleine, who grew up on the island, returns after an absence of ten years spent in Paris. She is haunted by this place, and has never been able to feel at home anywhere else.

But when she arrives, she will find that her father -- who once built fishing boats that fueled the town's livelihood -- has become even more silent than ever, withdrawing almost completely into an interior world. And his decline seems reflected in the town itself, for when the only beach in Les Salants washed away, all tourism drifted back to La Houssinière.

Madeleine herself has been adrift for a long time, yet almost against her will she soon finds herself united with the village's other lost souls is a struggle for survival and salvation.

Journal Entry 2 by Chremajora at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Released 7 yrs ago (5/3/2016 UTC) at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Going to the winner of the audiobook sweeps. I wonder if you'll like this... The first time I read it, I absolutely loved it. But then I read it again a couple of years later and didn't like it at all! I bought the audiobook to listen to on my way to work in the days when I still had to cover quite long distances in the car.

Journal Entry 3 by wingDiane-Fraserwing at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Only time will tell with this one. I also have Chocolat on Mount TBR.
Thanks for sending this audiobook to me :)

Journal Entry 4 by wingDiane-Fraserwing at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Thursday, July 7, 2016
I enjoyed listening to Paula Wilcox and all the voices she uses during her narration of this book. I didn't pay as much attention to the storyline as I should of but having listened to it twice picked up enough to know what was going on :)

Journal Entry 5 by wingDiane-Fraserwing at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Thursday, October 13, 2016

Released 7 yrs ago (10/15/2016 UTC) at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Posting to the sweep winner. apologies for the delay ☺

Enjoy!!


Journal Entry 6 by from at Athens - Αθήνα, Attica Greece on Tuesday, October 25, 2016
I have received this audio book by sweet Diane-Frazer, since I have been the lucky winner of the Audio sweepstake of October 2016!
I have really already enjoyed "Chocolat" therefore I am sure I am going to also love this Joanne Harris book, during my long distance drivings at work!

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