"An unforgettable story about an unlikely friendship and about healing the wounds of a broken past, from the million-copy bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers.
Justine is 21 years old and has lived with her grandparents and her cousin Jules since the death of her parents. As a nursing assistant at a retirement home, she spends much of 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 keeps buried deep within.
One day, a mysterious phone call detailing a shocking revelation shakes the retirement home to its core. At once humorous and melancholic, Valérie Perrin’s novel depicts the consequences of undeclared love and, in her inimitable way, portrays once again how the past is never really past."
"1986: Adrien, Etienne, and Nina are ten 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 relationship between the three friends, who were unusually close when younger but now no longer speak. As Virginie moves closer to the surprising truth, relationships fray, and others are formed. Valérie Perrin has an unerring gift for delving into life. In Three, she brings listeners along with her through a sequence of heart-wrenching events and revelations that span three decades. Three tells a moving story of love and loss, hope and grief, friendship and adversity, and of time as an ineluctable agent of change."
"UNA NOVELA ESPERANZADORA, TIERNA Y EMOTIVA SOBRE LA CAPACIDAD INFINITA DE REDENCIÓN DEL AMOR
Más de 1.000.000 de ejemplares vendidos en Francia y 500.000 en Italia
Premio Maison de la Presse 2018 · Premio de los lectores 2019
La vida de Violette gira alrededor de su trabajo, un tanto especial: es la encargada del cementerio de un precioso y pequeño pueblo francés. Su café, su conversación y su sonrisa dan alegría al lugar. Ella se asegura de que las tumbas estén siempre limpias, tengan flores frescas y sus visitantes, un hombro sobre el que apoyarse.
Todos sus días son similares, hasta que un hombre llama a su puerta con una petición sorprendente que hará que su mundo dé un vuelco. Porque en vidas ajenas Violette acabará descubriendo secretos del pasado que al final cambiarán la suya.
El secreto de las flores es una novela valiente y conmovedora que gustará especialmente a los lectores que disfrutaron de Mujeres que compran flores, La elegancia del erizo o Los ojos amarillos de los cocodrilos.
«Un maravilloso contraste de risas y lágrimas que acierta de pleno». Lire
«Pura felicidad». Elle
La crítica ha dicho de El secreto de las flores:
«Una novela tierna y conmovedora sobre el amor, la pérdida y la esperanza».
Publishers Weekly
«Melancólica y exuberante».
The Guardian
«El secreto de las flores es digna de aplausos entusiastas».
La Marseillaise"
"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."
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