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Violet Toussaint is a cemetery keeper - a job that many would find repulsive, but for her is salvation and a new beginning. Here she finds refuge, offering comfort to those who grieve, for only those who have known the loss of those closest to them can understand another's pain. Her garden becomes her haven, and growing flowers and herbs, fruits and vegetables brings her a sense of meaning. So she gradually learns the skill of enjoying the little things - a cup of fragrant tea, freshly picked fruit, impromptu dinners with friends in the garden...

She, who has no one and nothing in the world, finds peace in this small oasis of silence, among neighbors who are already beyond human vanity. With compassion and understanding she watches the drama of others on this shore, offering comfort and a shoulder to cry on. For there are always unspoken words that cry out to be spoken, even though those for whom they are intended can no longer hear them. Violet, however, understands - both the said and the unsaid.

One day, a mysterious man arrives at the cemetery seeking information about a stranger with whom his mother had wished to be buried instead of next to his father. He and Violet will unravel an old love story as they gradually weave their own. Past and present mix to tell of loneliness and suffering, grief and remorse, but also of a love stronger than death.

„Water for the flowers“ is an international bestseller, translated into more than 30 languages and sold more than a million copies worldwide. The book has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Maison de la Presse. The best-selling book in Italy in 2020.

Valerie Perrin is a French writer, stage photographer and screenwriter. For the last ten years, she has worked as a co-writer on the latest films of her husband, director Claude Lelouch. After her successful debut novel Les Oubliés du dimanche (The Forgotten on Sunday), which won 13 awards, her second novel Changer l'eau des fleurs (Water for Flowers), published in 2018, brought her even greater popularity. It has been awarded numerous prizes, including the prestigious 2018 Maison de la Presse, and is on Figaro Littérature's list of the 10 best-selling authors in France in 2019. Valerie Perrin is the best-selling author in Italy in 2020. The novel Water for Flowers has been published in 30 countries, including China, the United States and Russia.

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