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Fresh Water for Flowers

Auteur(s): Valérie Perrin
Narrateur(s): 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 Contemporaine Fiction Fiction de genre Fiction féminine Fiction littéraire Romance Romance contemporaine Drôle Sincère
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I loved the book, but am very disappointed by the reader. It seems no one bothered going through the pronunciation of French names with her so she thoroughly butchered them throughout the book. In her reading, "Toussaint" rhymed with the English pronunciation of "Croissant", sigh. A very frustrating experience.

Great book, poor listening experience

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Interesting story, characters and setting; Francophone narrator who could do voices would have added greatly to the listeners’ enjoyment.

Poor narration spoiled a good story

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There was very interesting characters in this book. I thoroughly enjoyed listening. The reader’s French pronunciation was lacking.

Great Story

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I loved the story! It was sad and yet beautiful! The author pivoted along the timeline keeping me engaged and constantly trying to figure the story! The simple style of writing and the imagery was well done!

Beautifully written

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I enjoyed the story... not terribly riveting but was an easy read. The narration wasn't great - when readers try to 'change voices' it can be very distracting as was the case here for me.

Story was good

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I enjoyed the story but it would have been so much better if read by someone who know the French language and accent. Also a more mature voice would have worked nicely.

Lovely story. Narrator not so much.

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Lovely story but a reader/performer with a better understanding of French: even as it is understood by anglophones would have made it better. The incorrect pronunciations of many common French to English words was off putting…

Accent not right for the telling

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Long, flowery prose. For the first third of the book I wasn't sure what the book was about. Hang in there, it gets pretty good, but not amazing.

a book about grief and toxic love

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The story was good in the end but I struggled with the first part which seemed disjointed and lacked flow. I think that it suffered in translation and I had a really hard time with the narrator who, reading a story that takes place in France, with French names & occasional phrases, couldn’t pronounce the most basic words correctly! I’m not bilingual but I learned how to pronounce ‘Monsieur’ in Grade school!! I found it very distracting and had to buy the book in order to finish it!

Probably better read in its original French. Poor choice of narrator

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