Fresh Water for Flowers

Violette is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town. Her daily life is lived to the rhythms of the visitors. One day a local police chief arrives insisting on depositing the ashes of his mother on the gravesite of a stranger. The grave he is looking for is intertwined with Violette's own secret past. A delightful, atmospheric, absorbing tale. A huge bestseller in France.