She lives for her daughters, but is secretly afraid of other relationships, preferring to flee rather than settle down and face the possibility of rejection.

She has great powers of empathy, and is able to help people in trouble. She has travelled all her life, and is impelled to move on 'with the wind', being unable to settle down.

Vianne Rocher is a mother, a witch, a traveller and a chocolate-maker with a troubled soul.

Finally, Vianne is forced to confront Zozie on her own ground, to reclaim her magic and her identity and to fight back - but is it too late? Characters When Roux, ignorant that he is Rosette's father, arrives at their shop, Zozie helps Vianne to decide between a stable life with Thierry and a romance with the man she loves.īut as Vianne's life begins to improve little by little under Zozie's influence, it becomes clear that all this must come at a terrible price. The shop begins to prosper under her guidance, much to Thierry's displeasure. She helps Anouk to deal with the bullies who torment her at school. She is soon working at the chocolaterie, helping and understanding everyone as Vianne used to do. She has her eye on Vianne's life, and begins to insinuate herself into the family.

But Zozie is a thief of identities, maybe even a collector of souls. She seems to be exactly what Vianne herself used to be: a benevolent force and a free spirit, helping people wherever she goes. Zozie de l'Alba comes into their lives, bringing her magic and enchantment. She dislikes living in Paris and her situation seems hopeless and set to get worse.

She is bullied at school and made to feel an outcast. Concealing her magical nature, she feels she is doing the right thing, but she is dissatisfied: there is friction with Anouk money is short there is pressure from her landlord, Thierry Le Tresset, and she no longer has the inclination to make hand-made, quality chocolate.Īnouk is an unhappy adolescent. Vianne is now known as the widow Yanne Charbonneau and Anouk is now Annie. Vianne Rocher, now with two daughters, Anouk and Rosette, has forsaken magic and adventure for a monotonous life running a small chocolaterie in the Montmartre district of Paris. Their lives are changed by the mysterious and free-spirited Zozie de l'Alba.

No longer living in Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, Vianne Rocher and her two daughters, Anouk and Rosette, are settled in the Montmartre quarter of Paris. Darker than Chocolat-more openly mystical-this story is set between Halloween and Christmas. The Lollipop Shoes is a 2007 novel by Joanne Harris-a sequel to her best-selling Chocolat. Peaches for Monsieur le Curé (Peaches for Father Francis in the US)

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