Fresh Water for Flowers [electronic resource]
Perrin, Valérie2021
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Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues—gravediggers, groundskeepers, and a priest—visit her to warm themselves in her lodge, where laughter, companionship, and occasional tears mix with the coffee she offers them. Her life is lived to the rhythms of their funny, moving confidences. But her routine is disrupted by the arrival of the local police chief, who insists on scattering the ashes of his recently deceased mother on the gravesite of a complete stranger. Soon it becomes clear that his inexplicable gesture is intertwined with Violette's own difficult past. With Fresh Water for Flowers, Valérie Perrin has given listeners an intimately told story that tugs on the heartstrings about a woman who believes obstinately in happiness, despite it all. A number one bestseller in France, it is a heartwarming and tender story that will stay with listeners long after they finish it.
Main title:
Fresh Water for Flowers [electronic resource] / Valérie Perrin
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Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Dreamscape Media, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Valérie Perrin is a photographer and screenwriter who works with Claude Lelouch. Her first novel, Les Oubliés du Dimanche, has won numerous prizes, including the 2016 Lire Élire and Poulet-Malassis. Fresh Water for Flowers is her English-language debut, translated by Hildegarde Serle.
ISBN:
9781666538328
Language:
English
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BRN:
2840606
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