Valérie Perrin

A poignant bestselling novel full of French charm and memorable characters. Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Her daily life is lived to the rhythms of the hilarious and touching confidences of random visitors and her colleagues. Violette's routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of a local police chief, Julien...

An unforgettable story of an unlikely friendship and the scars of a broken past. The first novel from the million-copy bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers. "An endearing and original heroine, a surprising setting, a talented author." - ELLE Justine is 21 years old and has lived with her grandparents and cousin Jules since the death of her parents....

The new novel by the international bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers. When Agnes hears from the local police that her Aunt Colette has died, she can't believe her ears. Her father's sister Colette, her Tatá, died three years ago and has been resting in peace in the cemetery of Gueugnon. Agnes is called to identify the body: there...

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...

A compulsive story about the powers and fleetingness of friendship, love and life - from the author of Fresh Water for Flowers. Adrien, Etienne and Nina are 10 years old when they meet at school and become inseparable. Years later, a car is pulled up from the bottom of a lake, with a body inside. Virginie, a local journalist with...