Books
by Valerie Perrin
|
Fresh Water for Flowers |
A great read and reviewed previously (bwl99). It is about life, death and love, but I was so lulled into a sense of the poetic by the gentle, caring nature of Violette, the cemetery keeper and gardener, and her friends, and the epitaphs starting each chapter, that I was startled when, about half way through, the hard-edged life of Violette and her estranged husband feature. Life is like that, is it not? Not all roses.
(Ros Cook - bwl 117 Summer 2025) |
|
|
Fresh Water for Flowers (translated from the French by Hildegarde Serle) |
Despite mostly revolving around a cemetery, this is about life and above all love. Violette is keeper at the cemetery in a small French town. Filled with grief she finds peace in the confidences and companionship of fellow workers and visitors, together with her garden. However the arrival of one visitor disrupts this quiet rhythm and challenges her to open up her heart. The book has enormous charm with characters and places readily visualised.
(Christine Miller - bwl 99 Winter 2021) |
|
|
|
