The Girl with No Shadow

Name: The Girl with No Shadow
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Joanne Harris
ISBN: 9780061672729

Author: Joanne Harris

Narrator: Susanna Burney

Unabridged: 14 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/08/2008

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Since she was a little girl, the wind has dictated every move Vianne Rocher has made, buffeting her from the small French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes to the crowded streets of Paris. Cloaked in a new identity, that of widow Yanne Charbonneau, she opens a chocolaterie on a small Montmartre street, determined to still the wind at last and keep her daughters, Anouk and baby Rosette, safe. Her new home above the chocolate shop offers calm and quiet; no red sachets by the door; no sparks of magic fill the air. Conformity brings with it anonymity—and peace. There is even Thierry, the stolid businessman who wants to care for Yanne and the children. On the cusp of adolescence, an increasingly rebellious Anouk does not understand. But soon the weathervane turns . . . and into their lives blows the charming, enigmatic—and devious—Zozie de l'Alba. And everything begins to change.

About Joanne Harris

Joanne Harris is the author of seven previous novels—Chocolat, Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange, Coastliners, Holy Fools, Sleep, Pale Sister, and Gentlemen & Players; a short story collection, Jigs & Reels; and two cookbook/memoirs, My French Kitchen and The French Market. Half French and half British, she lives in England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Will

In Joanne Harris’s follow-up to Chocolat, Vianne and now two daughters have relocated from the rural town of their initial setting, Lansquenet, to Paris. The novel is tort-like in the density of its imagery, particularly early on. Zozie is a witch like Vianne, but without the self-control and kind h......more

Goodreads review by Baba

After enjoying LChocolat, I knew I'd be reading this sequel within the same year. The self reinvented Vianne opens a chocolaterie hoping to settle down in Montmarte, Paris. The peace cannot last, and the intriguing and enigmatic Zozie brightens up her and her daughters' lives. Zozie with the lollipo......more

Goodreads review by Darcey

3.5 STARS - MILD SPOILERS As the second book in the Chocolat series, I was excited to read The Lollipop Shoes. And it was reasonably good, but I just hated Zozie so much! I mean, we were supposed to hate her (she's the antagonist in the book and you know that from the start) but I don't think you wer......more

Goodreads review by Cherie

I’ve been sitting in my chair thinking about what I was going to write about the story I just finished. The question, “what did you think?” always makes me feel like it is some kind of test and I am going to give the wrong answer. I try not to think about it that way. I always think that this is not......more