There has been a flurry of censorious action in the US against books in recent weeks, ranging from the controversial Tennessee pastor Greg Locke leading a mass book-burning of copies of Harry Potter and Twilight because of their supposed “demonic influences”, to a spate of book-bannings by schools, which some American teenagers are kicking back against. “I don’t remotely feel as if I’ve been ‘cancelled’.” “I made my choice and so did they,” she said. It's a must for anyone who craves an escapist read, and is a bewitching gift for any holiday.Harris said that she did not feel offended by the request from the publisher, which she described as a house with a strong “cosy” branding, adding, “I understand, but that’s not me”.
Chocolat's every page offers a description of chocolate to melt in the mouths of chocoholics, francophiles, armchair gourmets, cookbook readers, and lovers of passion everywhere. Is she a witch? Soon the parish no longer cares, as it abandons itself to temptation, happiness, and a dramatic face-off between Easter solemnity and the pagan gaiety of a chocolate festival. Each box of luscious bonbons comes with a free gift: Vianne's uncanny perception of its buyer's private discontents and a clever, caring cure for them. In tiny Lansquenet, where nothing much has changed in a hundred years, beautiful newcomer Vianne Rocher and her exquisite chocolate shop arrive and instantly begin to play havoc with Lenten vows. Even before it was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp, Joanne Harris' New York Times bestselling novel Chocolat entranced readers with its mix of hedonism, whimsy, and, of course, chocolate.
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