Books by Valérie Perrin (4)
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Forgotten on Sunday : From the million copy bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin EN
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Justine is 21 years old and has lived with her grandparents and cousin Jules since the death of her parents. She works as a carer at a retirement home and spends her days listening to her residents' stories. After bonding with Hélène, an almost 100-year-old resident, the two women slowly reveal their stories to one another. Whilst Justine helps Hélène to relive her memories of love and war, Hélène encourages Justine to confront the secrets of her own past, and the loss she has buried deep within. One day, trouble arrives in the form of a mysterious phone call that shakes the retirement home to... continue
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Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin EN
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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. Violette's routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of Julien Sole--local police chief--who insists on scattering the ashes of his recently deceased mother on the gravesite of a complete stranger. It soon becomes c... continue
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Querida Tia by Valérie Perrin PT
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Querida Tia é um romance impactante, composto por uma coleção de destinos desfeitos, vidas que colidem, segredos e passados que ressurgem. Agnes recebe uma chamada da polícia: a sua tia Collete acabou de morrer. Impossível… Colette morrera três anos antes. Agnes crê tratar-se de algum erro, mas regressa a Borgonha, cidade que abandonou há muito tempo, para ver o corpo daquela potencial estranha. Deixou-lhe notas dos seus últimos desejos e um conjunto de cassetes áudio. Mas quem será aquela pessoa? E se é r... continue
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A June 2022 Indie Next List Pick From the international bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers, a beautifully told and suspenseful story about the ties that bind us and the choices that make us who we are. 1986: Adrien, Etienne and Nina are 10 years old when they meet at school and quickly become inseparable. They promise each other they will one day leave their provincial backwater, move to Paris, and never part. 2017: A car is pulled up from the bottom of the lake, a body inside. Virginie, a local journalist with an enigmatic past reports on the case while also reflecting on the relat... continue
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