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Fresh Water for Flowers

By: Valérie Perrin
Narrated by: Sara Young
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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.

But her routine is disrupted by the arrival of the local police chief, who insists on scattering the ashes of his recently deceased mother on the gravesite of a complete stranger. Soon it becomes clear that his inexplicable gesture is intertwined with Violette’s own difficult past.

With Fresh Water for Flowers, Valérie Perrin has given listeners an intimately told story that tugs on the heartstrings about a woman who believes obstinately in happiness, despite it all. A number-one best seller in France, it is a heartwarming and tender story that will stay with listeners long after they finish it.

©2020 Valérie Perrin (P)2021 Dreamscape Media, LLC Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Women's Fiction Heartfelt Funny

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As many others have said, why was this given to someone with no idea how to pronounce French? It really grated on me.
I contemplated abandoning it for the actual book but persevered to the end.
That’s said, the story is good and many of the characters interesting and well developed. I love the idea of being a cemetery keeper like Violette.
I would recommend and look forward to reading more by this author. I will not be listening to any more by this narrator.

Interesting story, appalling narration

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The story was superb! Very well written. loved it! BUT I cringed every time the narrator said a french name, place or phrase.

Fantastic story terrible french accent

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I feel bereft at having finished this. The story is so beautifully written, like a puzzle of images and moments in time which reveal more and more as they are put together.

One of the best reads of my life

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I would have preferred someone more at home with French pronunciation. Even better would have been a French so speaking narrator.

I loved the gentleness of the story despite its great sadness.

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Fantastic book, loved its twists turns and development. But why why have it read by an American accented reader? Basic errors - Francois is a man’s name, it should be pronounced Francoise. Centime is Centeem, not Centyme. It took the edge of my enjoyment but I still loved the book

Book 5 star. Reader pronunciation 2 star

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