Fresh Water for Flowers
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Fresh Water for Flowers
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Narrated by:
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Sara Young
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Written by:
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Valérie Perrin
About this listen
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, LLCWhat listeners say about Fresh Water for Flowers
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Valerie Lockerbie
- 2023-02-23
Great book, poor listening experience
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.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-12-28
Poor narration spoiled a good story
Interesting story, characters and setting; Francophone narrator who could do voices would have added greatly to the listeners’ enjoyment.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- warren jestin
- 2023-09-24
Beautifully written
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!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Monica
- 2024-05-31
Story was good
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.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Margot
- 2023-03-05
Great Story
There was very interesting characters in this book. I thoroughly enjoyed listening. The reader’s French pronunciation was lacking.
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- Kenna D Marshall
- 2023-11-09
Lovely story. Narrator not so much.
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.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-11-18
Accent not right for the telling
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…
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- Alison
- 2023-01-10
A Story of Resilience
This book is a wonderfully crafted account of complex characters and relationships over the life of the protagonist Violette. From her beginning she is bereft of family yet she develops beneficial relationships and learns to cope with tragic circumstances and experience a modicum of happiness
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Lindsay Jardine
- 2022-01-23
a book about grief and toxic love
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.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 2024-02-06
Probably better read in its original French. Poor choice of narrator
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!
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