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A review by libbysbookshelf
Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin
FRESH WATER FOR FLOWERS by VALERIE PERRIN translated by HILDEGARDE SEARLE
France 🇫🇷
#womenintranslationmonth
What an absolutely beautiful novel. This is the most perfect book for times when all you want is to sink into a good, long book.
It’s French and set in France and follows a woman from various points in her life; the novel switches easily from past to present until the whole story comes together.
There are moments of pure, utter heartbreak in this novel, but there are also moments of heart wrenching joy. I can’t really fault this book.
Trigger warnings a-plenty, but all triggering content is dealt with in a sensitive manner and is not gratuitous.
The main bulk of the novel is set in a cemetery where the protagonist works and lives as a cemetery minder, and I really enjoyed this unique setting and its ability to allow the reader to explore the beauty of life and death; something that is not normally easy to do.
I took a photo of this book wrapped in blankets because that’s how this book made me feel; like I was wrapped up and safe.
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France 🇫🇷
#womenintranslationmonth
What an absolutely beautiful novel. This is the most perfect book for times when all you want is to sink into a good, long book.
It’s French and set in France and follows a woman from various points in her life; the novel switches easily from past to present until the whole story comes together.
There are moments of pure, utter heartbreak in this novel, but there are also moments of heart wrenching joy. I can’t really fault this book.
Trigger warnings a-plenty, but all triggering content is dealt with in a sensitive manner and is not gratuitous.
The main bulk of the novel is set in a cemetery where the protagonist works and lives as a cemetery minder, and I really enjoyed this unique setting and its ability to allow the reader to explore the beauty of life and death; something that is not normally easy to do.
I took a photo of this book wrapped in blankets because that’s how this book made me feel; like I was wrapped up and safe.
#freshwaterforflowers #valerieperrin #book #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagrammers #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookrecommendation #bookreader #bookreviewer #bookreviews #bookrecs #bookreaders #bookreviewers #bookrec #bookreviewersofinstagram