Displaying 1 of 1 2021 Format: Book Author: Perrin, Valérie, 1967- author. Title: Fresh water for flowers / Valérie Perrin ; translated from the French by Hildegarde Serle. Publisher, Date: New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2021. ©2020 Description: 483 pages ; 21 cm Summary: "Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Her life is lived to the predictable rhythms of the often funny, always moving confidences that casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues share with her. Violette's routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of Julien Seul--a police chief from out of town--who has come to scatter 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 complicated past"-- Provided by publisher. Subjects: Women -- France -- Fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Fiction. Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction. Cemeteries -- Fiction. Cemeteries -- Maintenance and repair -- Fiction. Small cities -- France -- Fiction. Life change events -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. Burgundy (France) -- Fiction. France -- Fiction. Genre: Domestic fiction. Romance fiction. Other Author: Serle, Hildegarde, translator. Other Title: Changer l'eau des fleurs. English Water for flowers Notes: Translation of: Changer l'eau des fleurs. First published by Europa Editions in 2020. Includes discussion questions and author interview. In English, translated from the French. ISBN: 9781609456764 1609456769 Other Number: 1184235819 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 929833 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: FICTION Perrin Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
