Vianne – Joanne Harris
Anyone who enjoyed Joanne Harris’s 1998 bestseller Chocolat and its sequels The Lollipop Shoes, Peaches for Monsieur le Curé and The Strawberry Thief is bound to love her latest creation, Vianne, published in May this year. For anyone new to the series, it’s a great place to start. Vianne is a prequel to Chocolat; it is the backstory of the memorable heroine, Vianne Rocher, whose trials and tribulations the series has followed. Set in Marseille in the mid-nineties, the latest book starts with Vianne’s arrival in the city. She has just scattered the ashes of her mother, with whom she has lived an itinerant lifestyle, in New York. Vianne…
Al7 October 2025