Quotes from book
Blackberry Wine

Name: Blackberry Wine
Author: Joanne Harris

Blackberry wine is a magical realism novel by Joanne Harris, published in 2000. This story continues with her typical split-narrative technique and follows two separate timelines. One is situated in Yorkshire twenty years earlier than the other, which is set in the fictional village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, the setting of her previous book, Chocolat.

“You don't write because someone sets assignments! You write because you need to write, or because you hope someone will listen or because writing will mend something broken inside you or bring something back to life.”

Joanne Harris book Blackberry Wine

Source: Blackberry Wine

“The process of writing is a little like madness, a kind of possession not altogether benign.”

Joanne Harris book Blackberry Wine

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“The right circumstances sometimes happen of their own accord, slyly, without fanfare, without warning. Layman's alchemy…. The magic of everyday things.”

Joanne Harris book Blackberry Wine

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“Some things can be both real and imaginary at the same time,… some lies can be true,… broken faith may be restored.”

Joanne Harris book Blackberry Wine

Source: Blackberry Wine