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	The Joanne Harris Website - Joanne's Books: Five Quarters of the Orange
		Five Quarters, like Chocolat and Blackberry Wine, is a story about food as a metaphor for change, but in this case the transformation is not always benign.
		Children are far more complex creatures than the Victorian ideal would have us believe; and the children of Five Quarters are neither well-behaved nor affectionate, but have evolved a system of behaviour which has little to do with that of the adults around them, with survival their main priority, and power their only currency.
		For Five Quarters is a novel about betrayal; intimate betrayals, unspoken betrayals, betrayals within the family, the wider community and out into war-torn France.
	www.joanne-harris.co.uk /pages/bookpages/fivequarters.html (1197 words)

	Joanne Harris
		But in her more recent books, including Five Quarters of the Orange and Coastliners, she has endeavoured to admit more complexity, and is relieved that this hasn't put readers off.
		She had fled to the abbey five years before, at age 23, with her fatherless baby in tow, having left a dangerous and exciting life as an itinerant actress and aerialist in the Theatre des Cieux.
		As promised, Harris takes her time to get to the point of ''Five Quarters of the Orange,'' but the ending is unexpectedly sweet and powerful, a reward for the patient reader.
	www.arlindo-correia.com /080106.html (10866 words)

	Bookreporter.com - FIVE QUARTERS OF THE ORANGE by Joanne Harris
		Bookreporter.com - FIVE QUARTERS OF THE ORANGE by Joanne Harris
		The orange in the title is the fruit whose smell brings on her mother's attacks and whose skin Boise uses to conveniently bring on those painful periods that allow her some freedom from home.
		The curiosity and incongruity of the five quarters in the title should give you an idea of all of the effort that went into writing this book.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0060198133.asp (697 words)

	authortrek.com - Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
		Framboise baits her mother by bringing orange rind into the house (a trigger for her migraines), much as she baits Old Mother, the monstrous Pike of the Loire, whose appearances always coincidence with bad luck.
		'Five Quarters of the Orange' could very well be one of those novels that I don't like very much because of the fear that it may haunt me forever, just like the ghostly voice that booms towards the end is never wholly exorcised by Framboise.
		Five Quarters of the Orange, and most of the victims were women and children.
	www.authortrek.com /five_quarters_of_the_orange.html (1160 words)

	Amazon.ca: Holy Fools: Books: Joanne Harris,Suzanne Bertish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Five years later, Juliette, now called Soeur Auguste, and her daughter, Fleur, have found refuge at the Abbey of Sainte-Marie-de-la-mer on the Brittany coast.
		Instead of the food used as aphrodisiac and appeasement in her food trilogy, Chocolat, Blackberry Wine and Five Quarters of the Orange, we are medicated with Juliette's herbal potions and gypsy cantrips and dazzled by the sights, sounds and scents of the older still mesmerizing Harris portrayal of France.
		After five years of posing in her new identity as Soeur Auguste she begins to believe that she has escaped her former life as a member of a traveling carnival that often flirted with the law.
	www.amazon.ca /Holy-Fools-Joanne-Harris/dp/0060586249 (2368 words)

	Alibris: Orange
		A hilarious and inventive first novel tracing three generations of a death-stalked Chinese-American family in Orange County, California The Lums are cursed: ever since Grandpa Melvin was inspired to join the U.S. army after watching a Popeye movie and-as family lore has it-unleashed a "relentless rain of steel death" upon the Nazis, Lum after Lum...
		A classic of reportage, "Oranges" was first conceived as a short magazine article about oranges and orange juice, but the author kept encountering so much irresistible information that he eventually found that he had in fact written a book.
		Orange County police detective Terry Naughton on lives life plagued be two demons: alcohol and the ghost of his son.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Orange (1175 words)

	BookPage Fiction Review: Five Quarters of the Orange
		In Five Quarters of the Orange, narrator Framboise Dartigen unfolds a chilling tale in which she and her two siblings find themselves collaborating with Nazis, trading secrets about their neighbors for chocolate and comic books.
		The scenes in which Framboise takes revenge on her mother by planting a cut-up orange near the stove so that the scent fills the house are among the best in the book.
		A scandal hangs over her head from that earlier time, a scandal so flagrant she is sure she will never be accepted back into her community if the people there know exactly who she is. This unknown scandal, gradually revealed to the reader through flashbacks, provides most of the novel's suspense.
	www.bookpage.com /0105bp/fiction/five_quarters_orange.html (506 words)

	ReadingGroupGuides.com - Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
		A fairly unequal distribution of riches, but then Mother was a force of nature, bestowing her favors as she pleased, leaving no insight as to the workings of her peculiar logic.
		Excerpted from Five Quarters of the Orange © Copyright 2002 by Joanne Harris.
		Excerpted from Five Quarters of the Orange © Copyright 2006 by Joanne Harris.
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides3/five_quarters3.asp (864 words)

	unfavorable pink: Five Quarters of the Orange, Joanne Harris
		unfavorable pink: Five Quarters of the Orange, Joanne Harris
		"Five Quarters of the Orange" is the story of Frambroise and her siblings Reine-Claude and Cassis -- children of a migraine-suffering mother and a killed-in-action soldier.
		During World War II the three children turn informant on their tiny French village, trading secrets for candy and fishing tackle.
	www.unfavorablepink.com /000133.html (212 words)

	Offenburger.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Her Internet site www.joanne-harris.co.uk gives a lot of good insight into her writing of “Five Quarters of the Orange,” but I recommend you don’t read her own comments on the book until after you’ve read it.
		“Five Quarters of the Orange” is the fictional story of Framboise Dartigen and her family in Les Laveuses, France, near Angers on the Loire River, during World War II.
		The scene where the meaning behind “Five Quarters of the Orange” transpires is one of the best in the book.
	www.offenburger.com /carlapaper.asp?link=20040309 (1780 words)

	Five Quarters of the Orange -- book review
		The children’s mother, Mirabelle, suffers from intense migraines and violent flouts; each of her spells is preceded by the scent of oranges.
		Framboise cunningly uses this to her advantage, procuring oranges from Tomas, her German soldier, and secreting the peel around the house.
		The scent convinces her mother that she is about to have one of her spells, she takes morphine tablets, and takes to her bed, thus leaving the children to their own devices for hours on end.
	www.curledup.com /5quarter.htm (542 words)

	BBC News \| REVIEWS \| Five Quarters of the Orange: Press reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Even having the Occupation as a backdrop, Harris does not approach large themes in the way that Amy Tan does; instead, she sets out to tell a story that proves, like her previous books, to be thoroughly enjoyable, if undemanding.
		Vastly enjoyable and utterly gripping, Five Quarters of the Orange is a dark antithesis to Chocolat.
		Where the latter blended sensual joy and fairytale optimism to celebrate the flesh, this novel describes the way in which taste and smell can become a torture; a means of corruption and destruction.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/reviews/1258423.stm (284 words)

	Amazon.ca: Five Quarters of the Orange: Books: Joanne Harris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		These debilitating, crippling headaches are always preceded by the smell of oranges, so she will not permit an orange in her house.
		Throughout the book, she uses oranges to control her mother, who reacts to the odor by shutting herself into her room for days in screaming, sleepless pain, while the children fend for themselves, and do as they wish.
		It transitions smoothly, the story is firm and real--and like the oranges that play such a crucial role, the scent of the story lingers for some time after the reading.
	www.amazon.ca /Five-Quarters-Orange-Joanne-Harris/dp/1840324945 (2308 words)

	Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris \| The digested read \| Guardian Unlimited Books
		Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
		Father had died in the war and Maman was unpredictable.
		"I can smell oranges," she would say and rage furiously as she disappeared to her room with a migraine.
	books.guardian.co.uk /digestedread/story/0,6550,477198,00.html (403 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 00048952 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Five Quarters of the Orange represents Harris's most complex and sophisticated work yet -- a novel in which darkness and fierce joy come together to create an unforgettable story.
		When Framboise Simon returns to a small village on the banks of the Loire, the locals do not recognize her as the daughter of the infamous Mirabelle Dartigen -- the woman they still hold responsible for a terrible tragedy that, look place during the German occupation decades before.
		Fire Quarters of the Orange is a novel of mothers and daughters of the past and the present, of resisting, and succumbling, and an extraordinary work by a masterful writer.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/hc043/00048952.html (296 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Five Quarters of the Orange: Books: Joanne Harris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Joanne Harris' sensational novel Five Quarters of the Orange revolves around a recipe book, continuing the theme of culinary intrigue begun in Chocolat and Blackberry Wine.
		This could be a description of Harris's prose itself, as it slowly and deliberately cuts between Framboise's fragile present and her happy childhood, destroyed by the tragic innocence of youth.
		Although Five Quarters of the Orange finds Harris on familiar ground to Chocolat, this is a much darker and compelling novel of childhood nostalgia and betrayal, and the need to confront the tragedies of the past before they destroy the possibilities of a happier future.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Five-Quarters-Orange-Joanne-Harris/dp/0552998834 (1380 words)

	Green Metropolis - Five Quarters of the Orange - Joanne Harris
		Green Metropolis - Five Quarters of the Orange - Joanne Harris
		Despite being her mother's favorite, Framboise goads her unloving mother, inducing her excruciating migraines with the oranges of the title.
		Always compelling and often moving, in Five Quarters of the Orange Harris has created an outstanding and memorable novel.
	www.greenmetropolis.com /book.asp?id=78174 (541 words)

	Coastliners by Joanne Harris, published by Random House, previous books Chocolat, Blackbery Wine and Five Quarters of ...
		I have not read any of her previous work and this would absolutely not entice me in the direction of her other books.
		I thoroughly enjoyed "Chocolat," "Five Quarters...," "Blackberry Wine," and "Coastliners." Joanne Harris has the magic touch.
		As one who enjoyed both "Five Quarters" and "Chocolat" and found them sensitive and penetrating expressions of life's complexities and dealings with the past, I don't think that any story is necessarily a cliche -- only how one approaches it.
	www.book-club.co.nz /books/6coastliners.htm (1341 words)

	Bestsellers
		Though this time food is not at the forefront, the novel takes place on Le Devin, "a tiny island caught like a crab in the shallow seas of northern France." Which just goes to prove, you can take the sandwich away from the girl...
		Harris practiced no such restraint in Five Quarters of the Orange, currently enjoying vast popularity on the both sides of the pond.
		In Five Quarters the narrator is called "Framboise," (already a foody reference) and the action revolves around a recipe book.
	www.januarymagazine.com /bestseller/bestsellers031102.html (281 words)

	Amazon.fr : Five Quarters of the Orange: Livres en anglais: Joanne Harris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Amazon.fr : Five Quarters of the Orange: Livres en anglais: Joanne Harris
		Knowing that the scent of oranges brought on her mother's severe migraines, Framboise was clever enough or devious enough to hoard orange peel for her own advantage.
		During their unsupervised play, the children met a young Nazi soldier and were captivated by his charm and the fl-market gifts that he gave them.
	www.amazon.fr /exec/obidos/ASIN/0060198133/londonfoodf0e-21 (646 words)

	International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award 2002
		As the spilt blood of a tragic wartime childhood flows again, exposure beckons for Framboise, the widow with an invented past.
		Five Quarters of the Orange looks behind the drawn shutters of occupied France to illuminate the pain, delight and loss of a life changed forever by the uncertainties and betrayals of war.
		Joanne Harris is the author of international best-sellers Chocolat, shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize, Blackberry Wine and Coastliners, and, with Fran Warde, The French Kitchen: A Cookbook.
	www.impacdublinaward.ie /2003/Titles/Harris.htm (244 words)

	BookLoons Reviews - Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
		Mirabelle dosed herself with morphine for the pain, and traded for the pills to which she was addicted.
		On the sidelines was Boise's stuttering friend Paul, from whom she hid the fifth quarter of an orange one day.
		Five Quarters of the Orange is a little darker and more bitter than the author's previous novels, but with her usual ingredients of magic and mystery, nourishment for the body and spirit, and hope in its ending.
	www.bookloons.com /cgi-bin/Review.ASP?bookid=88 (524 words)

	ReadingGroupGuides.com - Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
		When Framboise Simon returns to a small village on the banks of the Loire, the locals do not recognize her as the daughter of the infamous Mirabelle Dartigen -- the woman they still hold responsible for the terrible tragedy that took place during the German occupation decades before.
		Rich and dark, Five Quarters of the Orange is a novel of mothers and daughters, of the past and the present, of resisting and succumbing.
		Framboise's mother loved all fruit -- except for oranges, which gave her migraines.
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides3/five_quarters1.asp (393 words)

	buy christmas gift online - christmas shopping - Coastliners : A Novel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Joanne Harris writes fiction that engages every one of the senses: reviewers called Chocolat "delectable" and Five Quarters of the Orange "sweet and powerful." In her new novel, she takes readers to a tiny French island where you can almost taste the salt on your lips.
		Sea, gritty sand, and adverse weather conditions replace Chocolat, Blackberry Wine, and Five Quarters of the Orange.
		Set on a small, blustery fishing island off the coast of France, it tells the story of Mado, a young woman who returns to her childhood home to find the local community torn apart by family feuds, bad tides, and murky political machinations.
	astore.amazon.com /chuvashiaportal/detail/B00009NDB5 (907 words)

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	www.shopping.com /xCC-Orange_Book-price_range_10_20 (647 words)

	An Interview With Joanne Harris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Magic, mystery and food are themes that generously lace Harris' novels -- Chocolat, Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange, Coastliners, Holy Fools and Gentlemen and Players.
		As a person who has always been fond of stories that deal with the unexplained, the dark, and the superstitious, it is but natural that she weaves those strands into her plots and characters.
		Your plots, settings, characters, even conflicts seem to originate from the palate, in Blackberry Wine, Chocolat, even Five Quarters of the Orange to an extent...
	www.calitreview.com /Interviews/harris_8023.htm (1068 words)

	Five Quarters of The Orange by Joanne Harris - Multiple Book Reviews Book Jacket Summary
		Five Quarters of The Orange by Joanne Harris: Book reviews, book jacket summary, book excerpt & reading group guide for Five Quarters of The Orange.
		When Framboise Simon returns to a small village on the banks of the Loire, the locals do not recognize her as the daughter of the infamous Mirabelle Dartigen--the woman they still hold responsible for a terrible tragedy that, look place during the German occupation decades before.
		Fire Quarters of the Orange is a novel of mothers and daughters of the past and the present, of resisting, and succumbing, and an extraordinary work by a masterful writer.
	www.bookbrowse.com /reviews/index.cfm?book_number=794 (600 words)

	Authortrek.com - Joanne Harris page - Joanne Harris bibliography
		“Five Quarters of the Orange” followed in 2001, “Coastliners” in 2002, and “Holy Fools” in 2003.
		In 2004, she was invited to join the judging panel for The Whitbread Prize, and was also a judge for The Orange Prize in 2005.
		“Chocolat”; author concocts a Bittersweet “Orange” – Rosemary Herbert talks to Joanne Harris after publication of “Five Quarters of the Orange”.
	www.authortrek.com /joanne_harris_page.html (1301 words)

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