Valérie Perrin

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International bestselling French writer Valérie Perrin talks about her two recent novels, Fresh Water for Flowers and Three, one a story of love and loss and the other a story of the ties between friends and the choices that make us.

Fresh Water for Flowers is about cemetery caretaker Violette Toussaint and her determination to find out who is responsible for the death of her daughter. Three is about three children who become inseparable at the age of ten. More than 30 years later a journalist follows the case of a car pulled from a lake with a body inside and uncovers the extraordinary bond that united the three and how the wrecked car is connected to their story.

Fresh Water for Flowers has been translated into 30 languages and sold more than a million copies worldwide. It won the Maison de la Presse Prize and was the bestselling book of 2020 in Italy. Perrin’s first novel, The Forgotten Sunday, won the Booksellers Choice Award. She is also a photographer and screenwriter.

This event is part of the festival’s programme of French literature and culture.