{"product_id":"fresh-water-for-flowers-paperback","title":"Fresh Water for Flowers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eValérie Perrin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHildegarde Serle\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/em\u003e BEST BOOK OF SUMMER 2021\u003cbr\u003eA 2020 INDIES INTRODUCE \u0026amp; INDIE NEXT LIST PICK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA #1 international best-seller, \u003cem\u003eFresh Water for Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e is an intimately told story about a woman who defiantly believes in happiness, despite it all.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eViolette 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Melancholic and yet ebullient... An appealing indulgence in nature, food and drink, and, above all, friendships.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eValérie Perrin\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1967 in Remiremont, in the Vosges Mountains, France. She grew up in Burgundy and settled in Paris in 1986. Her novel \u003cem\u003eThe Forgotten Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e (2015) won the Booksellers Choice Award and the paperback edition has been long-selling best-seller since publication. Her English-language debut, \u003cem\u003e Fresh Water for Flowers \u003c\/em\u003e(Europa, 2020) won the Maison de la Presse Prize, the Paperback Readers Prize, and was named a 2020 ABA Indies Introduce and Indie Next List title. It has been translated into over thirty languages. \u003cem\u003eFigaro Littéraire \u003c\/em\u003enamed Perrin one of the ten best-selling authors in France in 2019, and in Italy, \u003cem\u003eFresh Water for Flowers \u003c\/em\u003ewas the best selling book of 2020. Perrin now lives in Normandy\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987720634669,"sku":"9781609456764","price":20.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/v-NgqXcm4k9781609456764.webp?v=1776183691","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/fresh-water-for-flowers-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}