Fresh Water for Flowers
- Authors
- Valérie Perrin
- Publisher
- Europa Editions
- Date
- 2020-05-22T13:01:36Z
- Size
- 1.25 MB
- Lang
- en
A 2020 INDIES INTRODUCE PICK
A POIGNANT RUNAWAY BESTSELLER full of French charm and memorable characters, Fresh Water for Flowers is Valrie Perrin's English debut.
Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleaguesgravediggers, groundskeepers, and a priestvisit 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.
Violette's routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of Julien Solelocal police chiefwho insists on scattering the ashes of his recently deceased mother on the gravesite of a complete stranger. It soon becomes clear that Julien's inexplicable gesture is intertwined with Violette's own difficult past.
With Fresh Water for Flowers, Valrie...