MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JOANNE HARRIS SENSATIONALLY RETURNS TO THE WORLD OF CHOCOLAT!
'Sensuous and thought-provoking, subtle and brilliant' Daily Telegraph on Chocolat
Vianne is the long-awaited story of Vianne Rocher and begins six years before she opens her scandalous chocolaterie in the small French village of Lansquenet.
Just twenty-one years old, Sylviane arrives in Marseille to start a new life, and charms her way into a job as a waitress in a run-down bistrot. Here, under the guidance of eccentric Guy Lacarriere she discovers the joy of cooking, a secret love affair and, for the very first time, the true magic of chocolate.
Yet as she starts to dream of making a future for herself in the town, she finds herself at the centre of a growing conspiracy that will threaten everything she's fought so hard for...
Readers are captivated by Vianne!
'Even if you don't like chocolate, Vianne will find a way to make it irresistible' READER REVIEW