Fresh Water for Flowers: OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD

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The protagonist Violette is a cemetery keeper who lives alone in a house on the premises of the cemetery she looks after. Sarà che era tempo che non stavo sveglia di notte a leggere per capire come si chiudevano tutti i livelli narrativi di cui è composta questa storia.

Violette é uma menina órfã, que conhece um príncipe encantado de olhos azuis, o qual tem uma mãe que é uma bruxa má, que acaba por levar a pessoa que a protagonista mais ama para o castelo que é a sua perdição. Fresh Water for Flowers is a spellbinding piece of writing with a glorious narrative that follows an eclectic bunch of people, all caught up in the contradictory nature of life and love. The novel cuts back and forth between her past and her present, gradually moving us towards an explanation of how she came to be where she is and also why she is there alone there, without her husband Philippe. That had me thinking about when life is too hard, we can find some comfort in the little things in life.Valerie Perrin's translated novel is a pitch perfect meditation on life, death, love, marriage, motherhood, tragedy, loss, grief, and learning to live after the worst has happened. Although this is a profoundly sad story (get the tissues at the ready), the message is finding hope, strength, love, and endurance in life. Gardening as a therapy, food and wine for comfort, friendships that can save lives, and more importantly, that can bring you back to life when you have lost all hope.

Perrin's descriptions here too are very well done; when Violette serves a freshly-picked tomato this reader could feel the juice dribbling down a chin. If you're after a book with a difference, one to make you think and simply be transported away for a few hours, then Fresh Water For Flowers really is worth the read. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.She opens the gates in the morning and closes them in the evening; attends the interments and transcribes the eulogies into her journal; offers refreshments to - and chats with - the people who come to visit their loved ones; grows and sells flowers; takes care of graves when family members are away; looks after pets who arrive with their deceased owners and never leave; deals with teenagers who sneak into the cemetery at night (this is a hoot!