Kendra's Comments: Chocolat is character-centered literary fiction book deals with family relationships, strong female characters, family secrets, and Chocolate is an entertaining book that I could not put down. Vianne Rocher arrives in small town Lansquenet in France with her daughter in hopes of settling down. She opens a chocolate shop on the town square across from the Catholic Church. The priest disapproves of Vianne's lifestyle and seeks to diminish her influence on the town residents. Vianne seeks to find friends and connect with the town residents with the help of chocolate and a little magic. Members of the town all react differently. Some improve and grow while others' evil is revealed. Scenery and lenghty character descriptions pepper this story.
