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 bestseller in France, it is a heartwarming and tender story that will stay with listeners long after they finish it.
© 2021 Dreamscape Media (Lydbog): 9781666538328
Oversættere: Hildegarde Serle
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Lydbog: 1. juni 2021
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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 bestseller in France, it is a heartwarming and tender story that will stay with listeners long after they finish it.
© 2021 Dreamscape Media (Lydbog): 9781666538328
Oversættere: Hildegarde Serle
Release date
Lydbog: 1. juni 2021
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Ella
12. sep. 2023
God. Velskrevet med mange perspektiver på liv og død. Fin oplæsning.
Morten
22. nov. 2023
Fremragende langsom “krimi”
Li
26. feb. 2024
Hold da op en god bog
Patricia
6. jun. 2023
Fantastic book. I would have loved to hear it in the original French language
Christel
9. aug. 2023
Det er en god og ret lang bog, som er velskrevet og har fint og følsomt beskrevne personer og en usædvanlig handling om en ung kvinde med et særpræget liv og en usædvanligt tålmodig og resigneret. personlighedSelve historien skrider ikke kronologisk frem, men er et kalejdoskop med mange facetter og spring i tid. Først til sidst får vi det fulde overblik over hvad der er sket.Den engelske version er udmærket indtalt, men selvom man kan bære over med indlæserens af og til mangelfulde udtale af franske ord, er det meget irriterende, og til at begynde med forvirrende, at hun udtaler to personnavne forkert, så det lyder som om de to personer har det modsatte køn. Hun udtaler pigenavnet Francoise som drengenavnet Francois, og udtaler drengenavnet Alain som pigenavnet Elaine/Helene.Bortset fra det, er indlæseren virkelig god til at formidle bogens stilfærdige atmosfære.
Jeannet
19. dec. 2021
Læste den engelske version. Dejlig roman. Rigt sprog. Uforudsigelig i sin opbygning. Billedlig. Historien folder sig gradvist ud og ses fra forskellige synspunkter. Nød alle 14 timers oplæsning. 😊
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