Lollipop shoes (chocolat 2), paperback/joanne harris

From the author of Chocolat, Blackberry Wine and Coastliners, this is a moving novel following 2 sisters in Montmartre.

Their lives are changed forever when Zozie de lAlba, the lady with the lollipop shoes, comes to town.

Harris is a household name, with more than 4 million copies of her novels sold, and shes been shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize for Chocolat, which was made into a major film starring Juliette Binoche.

If Joanne Harris didnt exist, someone would have to invent her.

Jenni Murray, Sunday Express.