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 bestseller in France, it is a heartwarming and tender story that will stay with listeners long after they finish it. Valérie Perrin is a photographer and screenwriter who works with Claude Lelouch. Her first novel, Les Oubliés du Dimanche, has won numerous prizes, including the 2016 Lire Élire and Poulet-Malassis. Fresh Water for Flowers is her English-language debut, translated by Hildegarde Serle. Hildegarde Serle is a translator who has, since graduating in French from Oxford University, worked in London as a sub-editor, mainly on The Independent. Her translations include Christelle Dabos's bestselling A Winter's Promise. She still lives in London, but her heart lives on the Quai aux Fleurs in Paris. Sara Young is an experienced audiobook narrator, actor, voice artist, and writer. She attended Case Western Reserve University, where she studied theatre and economics, and enjoys watching horror movies in her free time. A native of Toledo, Ohio, she currently lives in Cleveland, Ohio.