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Coastliners

  • Imprint: Black Swan

  • ISBN: 9780552998857

  • Length: 480  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 30mm x 127mm

  • Weight: 325g

  • RRP: £9.99

Coastliners

'A winning blend of fairy-tale morality and gritty realism' INDEPENDENT

FROM THE AUTHOR OF CHOCOLAT AND THE STRAWBERRY THIEF COMES THIS EVOCATIVE TALE OF A YOUNG WOMAN DETERMINED TO SAVE THE LITTLE ISLAND VILLAGE SHE ONCE CALLED HOME

On the tiny Breton island of Le Devin, life has remained almost unchanged for over a hundred years. For generations, two rival communities have fought for control of the island's only beach.

When Mado returns home to her village after a ten-year absence, she finds it threatened, both by the tides and by a local entrepreneur. Worse, the community is suffering from an incurable loss of hope. Taking up the fight to transform the dying village, Mado must confront past tragedies, including the terrible secret that still haunts her father.

'Sensuous, evocative...you can almost feel the sand between your toes and taste the salty air' HEAT

  • Imprint: Black Swan

  • ISBN: 9780552998857

  • Length: 480  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 30mm x 127mm

  • Weight: 325g

  • RRP: £9.99

Reviews

  • "Everything about her style is aerodynamic ... Harris writes well, and charming, cinema-friendly images and cinematic mysteries abound ... stylish and economical"

    Sunday Times

  • "Harris is a writer of tremendous charm, who creates a winning blend of fairy-tale morality and gritty realism"

    Independent

  • "Her writing is consistently evocative, sensual and atmospheric"

    Mail on Sunday

  • "Her latest gripping tale ... An intoxicating mix of documentary realism and enchanting romance"

    Daily Express

  • "Coastliners is another triumph for Joanne Harris who shows that her powerful imagery is not exclusive to food and uses the coastline, sea and beaches to heighten the senses, drawing the reader further in with each incoming tide. A must-read"

    Punch

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About the Author

Joanne Harris

Joanne Harris’s Whitbread-shortlisted Chocolat was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is the author of many other bestselling novels, including Lollipop Shoes and Peaches for Monsieur le Curé, both also featuring Vianne Rocher, as is her new novel The Strawberry Thief. She has also written acclaimed novels in such diverse genres as fantasy based on Norse myth (Runemarks, Runelight, The Gospel of Loki), and the Malbry cycle of dark psychological thrillers (Gentlemen & Players, Blueeyedboy, and Different Class). Born in Barnsley, of an English father and a French mother, she spent fifteen years as a teacher before (somewhat reluctantly) becoming a full-time writer. In 2013, she was awarded an MBE. She lives in Yorkshire, plays bass and flute in a band first formed when she was sixteen, and works in a shed in her garden.

Joanne Harris

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