Dear Bookclub,
Valérie Perrin's "Fresh Water for Flowers" rooted tales and ideas far and wide, shadowing the blooms themselves, but my love for flowers dominated my dining room table. Not all had finished but everyone enjoyed the style and multi-layered story, from the epitaphs at the beginning of each chapter to the atypical settings and characters. The French perspective was another angle I could not resist as host. Discovering The French Oven in Scripps Ranch was a bonus chapter to our book:
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I loved visiting the cemeteries in Concord, MA when I lived there as a child. The sparse stones stood sparking imagination as I'd figure out who, how old, why. Violette Toussaint's occupation and intriguing life in her cemetery made me wonder about French cemeteries, beyond the famous ones in Paris. Click away on Wikipedia to let your imagination run wild:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cemeteries_in_France
My suggestions for an upcoming read:
"The Art Thief" Michael Finkel * chosen
"The Optimist's Daughter" Eudora Welty
"North Woods" Daniel Mason
Up next:
Happy reading,
LK
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