Journal Entry 1 by nimrodiel from Evanston, Illinois USA on Wednesday, August 10, 2011

I picked this up from bookmooch. Imagine my suprise the day after receiving it finding a copy on one of my shelves already! This was the first book I ever read by Joanne Harris and it firmly cemented her in my author's whose book I must read list.

 

Journal Entry 2 by nimrodiel at Evanston, Illinois USA on Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Amazon Editorial 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 woman they hold responsible for a tragedy during the German occupation years ago. But the past and present are inextricably entwined, particularly in a scrapbook of recipes and memories that Framboise has inherited from her mother. And soon Framboise will realize that the journal also contains the key to the tragedy that indelibly marked that summer of her ninth year. . . .