It has its usual themes you will find in most Harris books: France, art, mothers and daughters, wine, cheese, fruit, plants, scents, tastes, atmospheric overloads, more descriptions than events, more impressions than actions, a very strong sense of place, travelling folk, issues with the church, issues with modernisation and gentrification, feminism, conservative mistrust of single mothers, estranged families, secrets and magic.

The best times of my life childhood memories were exactly depicted in this wonderful story narrated by a bottle of 'fleurie' wine and the 6 'specials' which are filled with magic. Jay’s garden renovation and the relationship with his neighbor and her daughter were nice, the practical peculiarities of Joe added color and interest and the French townspeople formed a nice backdrop. nuoma yra „renta“, miegmaišiai staiga tampa „miego maišais“, kažkodėl veikėjas apibūdinamas kaip „pederastas“, nors originale nėra nieko panašaus. What role do the travellers play in this story, and why do you think the author chose to include them?It's a small grain of intrigue surrounded by a massive bowl of poetic vegetables, for better of worse. Like her well-received 1999 novel, Chocolat, Harris's latest outing unfolds around the arrival of an outsider in a tiny French town. His bestselling novel, Jackapple Joe, was published ten years earlier and he has written nothing since. However, just as Jay is about to accept that he is falling in love with Marise, his ex-girlfriend Kerry arrives in Lansquenet, having gained access to Jay's whereabouts and the first pages of his new book. He is bewildered by his reclusive neighbor, Marise d'Api, who apparently coveted his derelict house and land, and is ostracized by the townspeople.

Impulsively, he decides to leave his urban life in London and, sight unseen, purchases a farmhouse in the remote French village of Lansquenet. Pagrindinis veikėjas nekelia simpatijų (ne taip kaip jo draugas senukas), o nuorodos į „Šokoladą“ tokios pritemptos, labiau iš reikalo, tarsi reikėtų atiduoti duoklę agentams ir skaitytojams, o ne nes iš tiesų tinka ir pačiai autorei patinka. Another issue between them is that Marise will not let her see her granddaughter, Rosa, as she would like nothing better than to take full custody of her. and is currently engaged in a number of musical theatre projects as well as developing an original drama for television. Blackberry Wine acquaints readers with Joe through flashbacks as, now aged 37 and feeling increasingly unfulfilled, Jay revisits his childhood haunts and discovers a box of Joe's "Specials", bottles of home-made wine that may hold the key to Joe's unexplained disappearance.Tai ir tam tikro laiko dvelksmas, prisiminimai ir nostalgija, kvapų ir skonių alchemija, šventė ir kasdienybės akimirka. Both feature lead female protagonists that have strong, proud, independent, walled-away personalities, unwilling to accept, let alone ask, others for any sort of assistance. His personal relationships are minimal, he hardly allows himself aspirations, avoiding any real work. This is a book about haunted lives, unfinished stories and the chance to change your own life and atone for your past mistakes. Determined to 'redeem' him (and recognising the book's potential) she prepares for a massive publicity stunt, that would reveal Jay's whereabouts to the press.