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Fresh Water for Flowers is her first novel to be translated into English and an international sensation. Planting, sorting seedlings, pricking out, positioning stakes, hoeing, weeding, taking cuttings, tidying the avenues, both of us leaning toward the earth, hands in the earth, all the time.

But almost from the time that Phillipe entered Violette's life, he was leaving her, until he finally was gone for good. Violette's routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of police chief Julien Seul, wishing to deposit his mother's ashes on the gravesite of a complete stranger. Violette foi abandonada pela mãe à nascença e conheceu várias famílias de acolhimento, mas isso não a tornou amarga nem revoltada.gravediggers, groundskeepers, and a priest to her lodge there on the cemetery grounds who are her colleagues but also her close friends. Violette’s routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of a local police chief, Julien Seul, who insists on depositing the ashes of his mother on the gravesite of a complete stranger. Ogni nuovo ospite è accompagnato dal sigillo del suo destino, la causa che ne ha provocato la morte, la sentenza dei medici. She records every one in her notebook: the weather, the coffin, the flowers, the family and friends, the speeches.

Jedna z tych zwykłych-niezwykłych historii, które ni stąd, ni zowąd dotykają człowieka do samej głębi. A tragedy with buried painful secrets is revealed as the story moves back and forth between the present and past. the story of Violette who has been living on her own as a cemetery keeper in a small town in Bourgogne for many years.

There is a complexity to all of the characters that make this such an unforgettable and rewarding experience, even Philippe has his own difficult family backstory and feelings of regrets that he cannot express. Realmente é a protagonista, muito bem cinzelada e muito cativante, que salva este livro porque de resto, são 500 páginas de chantilly.