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Five Quarters of the Orange: A Novel (P.S.)
by Joanne Harris
from Harper Perennial

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Quirky characters, rich writing
  What an excellent choice for a book club discussion! The quirky, odd, strange characters will keep you talking (or thinking) for hours. Narrator Flamboise alludes to a mystery at the very beginning of the book which is slowing revealed like a fisherman letting out his line. Masterfully, it will keep you reading to the last page. Beyond the compelling story itself, Harris' writing style is very evocative of the places she describes and her language has a beautiful literary quality without being unwieldy or... more info

• A good read...
  My family does a "Christmas book club" each year; "Five Quarters of the Orange" was the selection this year. The overall score was four stars -- two people loved it, two liked it, two thought it was just OK. It is a story about an adult woman, Framboise, who comes back to the French village in which she grew up. Events took place there during the German occupation during the war that have shamed her for years. The novel moves back and forth in time, showing the war-time events (when Framboise was a girl)... more info

• shockingly good
  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
  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!

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