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Jay brought his entire childhood into the book: Joe's stories from around the world, half true and half false, adventures with the wandering girl Gilly, an era colored by peculiar smells, tastes and sights. But he never repeated the maturity and cheeky wisdom of his first book. He didn't even try. There is nothing left in him that he would like to pass on to others. And then a chance event set in motion what he had been waiting for for years. The real circumstances happened without fanfare and without warning. Jay considers it fate, Joe would call it magic. And maybe it is simply chemistry, something in the air, a single movement, a desire, a dream that sets in motion what has been immobile for a long time. From the stale atmosphere of his London coexistence with the overambitious Kerry, Jay will escape to Lansquenet, a picturesque French village that bears an overwhelming resemblance to Pog Hill, the place of his youth. And there, in the house from his dreams and Joe's stories, he will be greeted by the ghosts of the past, village quarrels and mistrust of the natives, and the mysterious and elusive Marisa. And the weird chemistry between the two. Or maybe a spell? Warm and irresistible, full of vivid descriptions and feelings inherent in the writing of Joanna Harris, the novel Blackberry Wine celebrates sensual energy, lay alchemy, a touch of other times and other places that only wine can convey.