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A small French village is changed from its conservative, anti outsider(particularly Gypsies in houseboats) by the arrival of a woman (Vianne) and her daughter who open a chocolate shop. Themes of acceptance, ageing, death and domestic violence. Told mostly from the point of view of Vianne, some chapters are from the priest Reynaud, who sees Vianne as a threat to the town. So while this book on the surface is a pleasant read (so much chocolate!) it has much darker undercurrents both in the towns history and the present.