To me, the fact that those characters are still alive and still have stories to tell is a matter for celebration." Her publishers are pushing the boat out with a new book jacket for the hit title's 20th anniversary – it's actually the original jacket, but Harris has written a new introduction for it. "Clearly that wasn't true, and I'm astonished on a daily basis as to how many people are still deeply invested in those characters and those stories – and it's wonderful." "It's completely unexpected, because I was told Chocolat wouldn't sell and people wouldn't be interested in that sort of scenario," she says now. The Oscar-nominated film adaptation starred Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp and Alfred Molina – and even now, Harris seems a bit bewildered as to how her little book, written on Sunday mornings between her teaching job and looking after her then-three-year-old daughter, became a global sensation. Yet despite his protests, she gently changes the lives of the villagers who visit her, with a combination of sympathy, subversion and a little magic. The bestselling novel, for those who don't know it, starts at the beginning of Lent, when Vianne arrives in the village with her six-year-old daughter Anouk to open a chocolaterie in the square opposite the church, to the outrage of the local priest, Fr Reynaud. Making consistent and authentic connections with voters who put Harris and Biden in the White House will also be critical to their reelection bid, said Laphonza Butler, a confidante of Harris' and the president of EMILY's List.ENIGMATIC chocolatier Vianne Rocher swept into our psyche in the picturesque, sleepy little fictional French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes some 20 years ago – and today, Chocolat creator Joanne Harris contemplates how life has panned out for herself and her heroine. Preserving access to reproductive rights became a key focus of her midterm election pitch. Harris has coordinated closely with abortion rights groups since the Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs case last summer.
We have to harness their energy," Timmaraju told USA TODAY. "Men and women are incredibly passionate about this issue. Such groups, liberal leaders say, will be most affected by laws curbing abortion access. Liberals expect the issue to help drive up support for Democrats, including Biden and Harris, among young voters and voters of color. But you are the momentum," Planned Parenthood Federation of America president Alexis McGill Johnson told advocates during the event.
NARAL Pro-Choice America was one of several leading abortion rights groups that organized the rally at Howard.
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