Blackberry Wine - Softcover

?A charming fairy tale for grown-ups.?--"Kirkus Reviews?An entertaining narrative, equal parts whimsy and drama.? --"Publisher's Weekly"Harris' best-selling novel "Chocolat [was] a frothy cup of spicy chocolate [that] could liberate and transform lives . . . "Blackberry Wine takes us to similar imaginative territory."--"The San Francisco Chronicle"[Harris'] voice is crisp and sure, touching the edges of things with cool light . . . as reliably darling as ["Chocolat] . . . a well-crafted escape into a world where lessons can be learned and evil [can] be given the slip."--"Seattle Times""Blackberry Wine is a classic of a beach book . . . [a] poetic pastiche of magical realism and travelogue-by-surrogate . . . in Harris' hands the gentle tug of the past is like a tsunami."--BookPage.com"Lost summers -- described vividly and nostalgiacally -- form the heart of the novel . . Harris has a lively and original talent."--"Sunday Times, London

The highly acclaimed author of Chocolat takes readers to the French countryside to follow a cantakerous, mysterious man as he purchases a small cottage trying to recapture the magic in his life from two decades earlier. Reprint.