Valérie Perrin
Author
Language
English
Description
"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...
2) Three
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In 2017, when a car is pulled up from the bottom of the lake, a body inside, Virginie, a local journalist with a dark past, focuses on three friends who were unusually close when young but now no longer speak, bringing her to a surprising truth that frays relationships while others are formed."--
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 Helene, an almost 100-year-old resident, the two women slowly reveal their stories to one another. Whilst Justine helps Helene to relive her memories of love and war, Helene encourages Justine to confront the secrets of her...
Author
Publisher
B de Bolsillo
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Violette's life revolves around her job, which is somewhat special: she is in charge of the cemetery of a beautiful little French town. Her coffee, her conversation and her smile bring joy to the place. She makes sure the graves are always clean, have fresh flowers and her visitors a shoulder to lean on. Every day of hers is the same, until a man knocks on her door with a surprising request that will turn her world upside down. Because in other people's...
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"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...
