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 enlarge | Author: Joanne Harris
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 24875
Media: Paperback
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0061214604
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780061214608
ASIN: 0061214604
Publication Date: January 1, 2007
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 shockingly good April 5, 2008
J. Kroese
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love this book. She has such a unique and lyrical manner of writing. Highly recommend it. Plus it's got a discussion section in this edition.
 AN INTERESTING BOOK March 14, 2008
Helen S. Kurzban (FLORIDA)
2 out of 17 found this review helpful
MY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS BOOK THIS MORNING. WE AGREED THAT IT WAS VERY WELL WRITTEN AND VERY INTERESTING. THE CHARACTERS ARE WELL DEFINED. THE STORY HELD OUR INTEREST. TRY IT! YOU'LL LIKE IT!
A Great Read February 15, 2008
R. Osthed (Utah)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The was a fabulous novel. JoAnne Harris is such a creative author. We read this for our book club. Everyone liked it. She always has such great story lines with creative twists that keep you talking. It was a great discussion. We read Gentlemen and Players the month before (it was very very good too) and just couldnt get enough of this author. A great read. You wont be disappointed.
Interesting chilldhood tale June 18, 2007
T. Walker (Las Vegas, NV)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris contained a mystery that kept me reading until I finished the book in just 3 nights. Harris wrote the book like the main character Framboise was just sitting around telling a childhood story to a friend over coffee. Reading the story, I felt comfortable as "Framboise's friend" and enjoyed her tale of adolescence. In the beginning of the story, Framboise casually tells us "I know, I know. You want me to get to the point... It has taken me fifty-five years to begin. At least let me do it in my own way." Harris' use of details and descriptions helped to paint of vivid picture in my mind of Framboise's childhood. I liked the way Harris described Framboise's older sister Reine-Claude in comparison to Framboise, "At twelve, my sister has already ripened. Soft and sweet as dark honey, with amber eyes and autumn hair... next to her I looked like a frog, my mother told me, an ugly skinny little frog with my wide sullen mouth and my big hands and big feet." The book describes the conflict of mother and daughter relationships. Harris shows that no matter how badly we don't want to end up like our parents, we can't help but to inherit some of their qualities. Framboise's mother tells her nine year old daughter "Hard as nails... I used to be like that...I always wanted to fight everybody too." When the older Framboise is stressing about her declining business while her daughter and granddaughter were departing from their summer visit, "I could see in her eyes that she felt I was unreasonable, but I could not find enough warmth in my heart to tell her what I felt... a sudden terror overwhelmed me. I was behaving like my mother... Stern and impassive, but secretly filled with fears and insecurities. I wanted to reach out to my daughter... but somehow I couldn't. We were always raised to keep things to ourselves. It isn't a habit that can be easily broken." Harris also details what it is was like to live in Nazi occupied France. We read about this time period in history books but it was eye-opening to see this from the perspective of the families who lived through this period of change and uncertainty. She writes about the German soldiers going to people's homes to take their food and prized possessions. Even when the families tried to hide their belongings, the German soldiers still found and took what they wanted. I also liked how Harris hinted at upcoming events at the ends of chapters to keep the reader interested in the story.
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