Fresh Water for Flowers: OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD

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Violette was the sole cemetery keeper after Philippe became a police footnote, a "disappearance of concern". Julien probes the relationship between Irene and Gabriel, and in Scheherazade-like fashion, slowly spins out the tale for Violette. I read a number of really positive and glowing reviews from GR friends and a few IRL friends (all women) adored this one too. A beautiful and moving tale of a woman who is a caretaker at a cemetery, living alone and keeping a diary of every funeral she has attended to.

Grief, regret, love, loss and tragedy are very much central to this story as Violette’s past slowly unravels.

The protagonist Violette is a cemetery keeper who lives alone in a house on the premises of the cemetery she looks after. There’s more backstory about Philippe Toussaint - their meeting, their short marriage - his handsomeness - his womanizing - and his disappearance.

It’s a wonder how she is able to do this when she is filled with grief of her own, but as her story unfolds, we understand why she is there. Being at the centre of the dead puts Violette at the heart of the local community, life and death go hand in hand. Fresh Water for Flowers is the most extraordinary, moving tribute to the resilience of human spirit. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Valerie Perrin begins her story when Violette is the caretaker at a small graveyard in Bourgogne, a tiny French village.This book is exquisitely composed and utterly devastating in places, packed with meaningful meditations on life, death and love, and may leave you longing to adopt some of Violette’s considered routines – while also hoping to avoid the heartbreak which led her to this more thoughtful way of life.