{"product_id":"fresh-water-for-flowers-a-novel-1","title":"Fresh Water for Flowers: A Novel","description":"A 2020 INDIES INTRODUCE PICK\nA POIGNANT RUNAWAY BESTSELLER full of French charm and memorable characters, Fresh Water for Flowers is Valérie Perrin’s English debut.\nViolette 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.\nViolette’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.\nWith Fresh Water for Flowers, Valérie Perrin has given readers an intimately told story that tugs on the heartstrings about a woman who believes obstinately in happiness, despite it all. A number one bestseller in France, Fresh Water for Flowers is a heartwarming and tender story that will stay will readers for years after the final page is turned.\n“Breathtaking.”—Unidivers\n“Thundering applause. And, believe us, the word ‘thunder’ is not too strong.”—La Marseillaise\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1609455959\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1609455959.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Perrin, Valérie|Serle, Hildegarde\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43335520747581,"sku":"BVV.1609455959.A","price":8.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1609455959-0.jpg?v=1783731300","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/fresh-water-for-flowers-a-novel-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}