Five Quarters of the Orange

Galley Proof. 4to. 404pp. Unbound A4 typescript.

The fifth novel by the author of Chocolat (1999). Shortlisted for the WH Smith Book Award and the Romantic Novel of the Year Award in 2002. When Framboise Simon returns to the Loire village of her childhood to open a crêperie, the locals do not recognize her as the daughter of the notorious woman they hold responsible for a Vichy-era tragedy. "Her strongest writing yet... as tangy and sometimes bitter as Chocolat was smooth." –Independent