Holli's review
The Girl with No Shadow: A Novel
by Joanne Harris
I really need to get back to Harris and this review makes me think that THIS is the place to start -- I loved Chocolat and this follow-up sounds equally appealing.
Holli's review
The Girl with No Shadow: A Novel by Joanne Harris
Holli's review
rating:
Great book! Of course I loved the chocolate on every other page, (especially the description of the chocolaterie on page 326). I also loved the stories and archetypes that Harris wove throughout her story: the Pied Piper, the boy who lost his shadow, the Queen of Hearts. As Vianne tells these stories, they reflect her life and have a lesson she needs to learn. She says of the Queen of Hearts:
She's the wind that blows at the turn of the year. She's the sound of one hand clapping. She's the lump in your mother's breast. She's the absent look in your daughter's eyes. She's the cry of the cat. She's in the confessional. She's hiding inside the black pinata. But most of all she is simply Death; greedy old Mictecacihuatle herself, Santa Muerte, the Eater of Hearts, most terrible of the Kindly Ones--(p. 369)
Vianne must "face her again." And the only way she can win is if she can be herself. If she can find the Vianne Rocher she has tried to d...more
She's the wind that blows at the turn of the year. She's the sound of one hand clapping. She's the lump in your mother's breast. She's the absent look in your daughter's eyes. She's the cry of the cat. She's in the confessional. She's hiding inside the black pinata. But most of all she is simply Death; greedy old Mictecacihuatle herself, Santa Muerte, the Eater of Hearts, most terrible of the Kindly Ones--(p. 369)
Vianne must "face her again." And the only way she can win is if she can be herself. If she can find the Vianne Rocher she has tried to d...more
I really need to get back to Harris and this review makes me think that THIS is the place to start -- I loved Chocolat and this follow-up sounds equally appealing.