Hi Libraryann
It's some time since I read "Chocolat" but yes I can remember being seduced by the book. I've not read The "Lollipop Shoes" but I did go on to read "Blackberry Wine" and "Five Segments of an Orange" and enjoyed both of those.
Thanks to the rest of you I have now added the 2 Thomas Hardy books and "Between Silk and Cyanide" to my list of "to read books" which grows ever longer!!!!
Think I might get my Dad that "Between Silk and Cyanide" for my his birthday.
I'm reading "Mr Pip" by Lloyd Jones very different read but I'm liking it so far.Billie