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Description for Coastliners
hardcover. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
When Grosjean's estranged daughter Mado returns to Le Devin, a tiny island caught like a crab in the shallow seas of northern France, she brings with her an air of energy and change that ruffles the crusty local fisherman. Divided squarely into two warring communities, the people from La Houssiniere on the near side and those from Les Salants on the far side, the islanders' traditional feuds and superstitions persist. More menacing is the powerful Brismand, whose ruthless interests threaten the very survival of Les Salants, the community to which Mado belongs. In enterprising spirit, Mado arranges to build a ... Read more
When Grosjean's estranged daughter Mado returns to Le Devin, a tiny island caught like a crab in the shallow seas of northern France, she brings with her an air of energy and change that ruffles the crusty local fisherman. Divided squarely into two warring communities, the people from La Houssiniere on the near side and those from Les Salants on the far side, the islanders' traditional feuds and superstitions persist. More menacing is the powerful Brismand, whose ruthless interests threaten the very survival of Les Salants, the community to which Mado belongs. In enterprising spirit, Mado arranges to build a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Doubleday London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780385601726
SKU
KMO0000989
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Joanne Harris
Joanne Harris is the author of SLEEP, PALE SISTER, THE EVIL SEED, the international bestselling Whitbread-shortlisted CHOCOLAT (now a major film starring Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Aifred Molina, Lena Olin and Johnny Depp), BLACKBERRY WINE and FIVE QUARTERS OF THE ORANGE. She lives in Barnsley, Yorkshire, with her husband and small daughter.
Reviews for Coastliners
The author of that amazing bestseller Chocolat (now a film) has come up with an accomplished novel about an island community. Mado, daughter of the boat builder Prasteau, returns to the island of Le Devin in northern France following the death of her mother. The island is divided into two warring factions, La Houssiniere on one side and Les Salants ... Read more