Coastliners: A Novel
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After three novels which centered around gastronomic pleasures, Joanne Harris's Coastliners focuses on more astringent joys. Sea, gritty sand, and adverse weather conditions replace Chocolat, Blackberry Wine, and Five Quarters of the Orange. Set on a small, blustery fishing island off the coast of France, it tells the story of Mado, a young woman who returns to her childhood home to find the local community torn apart by family feuds, bad tides, and murky political machinations. Passionate, stubborn Mado, whose "head is full of rocks," tries to save the livelihoods of the villagers of Les Salants by
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Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks
Release date: 14 August 2003
ISBN-10 : 0060958014 | ISBN-13: 9780060958015
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Release date: 14 August 2003
ISBN-10 : 0060958014 | ISBN-13: 9780060958015