Fresh water for flowers: a novel
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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. Violette's routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of Julien Sole--local police chief--who 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.
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Perrin, V., & Serle, H. (2020). Fresh water for flowers: a novel. New York, NY, Europa Editions.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Perrin, Valérie, 1967- and Hildegarde, Serle. 2020. Fresh Water for Flowers: A Novel. New York, NY, Europa Editions.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Perrin, Valérie, 1967- and Hildegarde, Serle, Fresh Water for Flowers: A Novel. New York, NY, Europa Editions, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Perrin, Valérie and Hildegarde Serle. Fresh Water for Flowers: A Novel. New York, NY, Europa Editions, 2020.
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