First published 2000
When a long-lost friend's bottle of blackberry wine resurfaces, it transports writer Jay Mackintosh back to the French countryside he once called home. Drawn to a decaying farmhouse in the village of Lansquenet, Jay encounters the reclusive, enigmatic Marise, whose own troubled history holds the key to unlocking his own buried memories. As the wine's strange powers pull Jay deeper into the past, he must confront ghosts from a life he left behind and decide whether to lose himself in nostalgia or forge a new path forward.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, magical-realism
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, lyrical
Tropes: found-family, nostalgia
Setting: France, Lansquenet
368 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow