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Violence
Some
WWII Occupation violence and betrayal
Language
Barely any
Mild language in Harris's literary register
Sexual Content
Some
Adult content in the wartime and present-day storylines
Substance Use
Barely any
Wine throughout; this is a French village novel
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological weight of secrets carried for sixty years — and what understanding them costs — drives the novel's melancholy
What this book is about
Joanne Harris's novel follows Framboise, who has returned anonymously to her Loire village to run a crêperie, and her gradual revelation of what happened during the German Occupation when she was a child and her mother was alive. Harris weaves the present investigation with the wartime past through a child's perspective on adult events that she didn't fully understand. A beautiful and melancholy novel.
Notes for sensitive readers
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WWII Occupation themes including collaboration and betrayal
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