A 2020 INDIES INTRODUCE & INDIE NEXT LIST PICK A #1 best-seller in France and in Italy, where it was dubbed Italy\'s favorite lockdown novel, Fresh Water for Flowers is an intimately told story about a woman who defiantly believes in happiness, despite it all.
Her life is lived to the predictable rhythms of the often funny, always moving confidences that casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues.
Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne.
An appealing indulgence in nature, food and drink, and, above all, friendships.--The Guardian A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF SUMMER 2021 A 2020 INDIES INTRODUCE & INDIE NEXT LIST PICK A #1 best-seller in France and in Italy, where it was dubbed Italy\'s favorite lockdown novel, Fresh Water for Flowers is an intimately told story about a woman who defiantly believes in happiness, despite it all.
Melancholic and yet ebullient...
It soon becomes clear that Julien\'s inexplicable gesture is intertwined with Violette\'s own complicated past.
Violette\'s routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of Julien Sole--local police chief--who has come to scatter the ashes of his recently deceased mother on the gravesite of a complete stranger.
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 Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne.
Melancholic and yet ebullient...
An appealing indulgence in nature, food and drink, and, above all, friendships.--The Guardian A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF SUMMER 2021 A 2020 INDIES INTRODUCE & INDIE NEXT LIST PICK A #1 best-seller in France and in Italy, where it was dubbed Italy\'s favorite lockdown novel, Fresh Water for Flowers is an intimately told story about a woman who defiantly believes in happiness, despite it all.
It soon becomes clear that Julien\'s inexplicable gesture is intertwined with Violette\'s own complicated past.
Violette\'s routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of Julien Sole--local police chief--who has come to scatter the ashes of his recently deceased mother on the gravesite of a complete stranger.
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 Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne.
A 2020 INDIES INTRODUCE & INDIE NEXT LIST PICK A #1 best-seller in France and in Italy, where it was dubbed Italy\'s favorite lockdown novel, Fresh Water for Flowers is an intimately told story about a woman who defiantly believes in happiness, despite it all
