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Author:

Perrin, Valřie, 1967- author.

Title:

Fresh water for flowers / Valerie Perrin ; translated from the French by Hildegarde Serle.

Edition:

[English edition].

Publisher:

Europa Editions,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

483 pages ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Cemeteries--Fiction.
Cemeteries--Maintenance and repair--Fiction.
Small cities--France--Fiction.
Women--Fiction.
Life change events--Fiction.
Burgundy (France)--Fiction.
France--Burgundy.
Fiction.

Other Authors:

Serle, Hildegarde translator.

Other Titles:

Changer l'eau des fleurs. English.

Notes:

Includes discussion questions and author Q&A.

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 Sole--local police chief--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" -- Amazon.com.

ISBN:

1787703118
9781787703117
1609456769
9781609456764

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

AIPC937 -- Karl Miles Lecompte Memorial Library (Corydon)

VTPD454 -- Cresco Public Library (Cresco)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

GVPC501 -- Monroe Public Library (Monroe)

ZUPD675 -- Onawa Public Library (Onawa)