Used book – Five Quarters of the Orange, Joanne Harris, Jeannette Short-Payen

When Framboise Simon returns to her childhood village on the banks of the Loire, no one recognizes the daughter of the scandalous Mirabelle Dartigen, held responsible for the execution of eleven villagers during the German occupation fifty years earlier. Framboise opens an inn which, thanks to her mother's delicious recipes, attracts the attention of critics but arouses the jealousy of her family. Mirabelle's recipe book holds secrets that will give Framboise the key to those dark years. Little by little, she will discover her mother's true personality, sometimes so tender, maternal, and sensual, suddenly cruel and tormented. In wartime, children's games and love stories are not always innocent. Their consequences can even be tragic.