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By the author of the bestselling CHOCOLAT - a powerful novel of a hardy island community fighting the encroaching seas. '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' HEATProduct Identifiers
PublisherTransWorld LTD
ISBN-139780552998857
eBay Product ID (ePID)90868296
Product Key Features
Book TitleCoastliners
AuthorJoanne Harris
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2003
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width127mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJoanne Harris
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom