Vyměnit vodu květinám – Perrinová Valérie (2021)

A captivating story of a strong woman who stubbornly believes in happiness despite all the blows of fate. Violette Dušičková is the caretaker of a cemetery in a small town in Burgundy. An unusual profession for a woman. Cemetery visitors and locals come to warm themselves in her lodge, where laughter and tears mix with coffee and a drop of something stronger. Her life flows in a regular rhythm of daily intimate confessions and sad yet smiling memories shared with her visitors. Each of them tells a different story; they have all lost someone and hope that perhaps not all days are over, that they will meet someone or find something that will bring a smile back to their faces. Violette listens to them all, but she carries her own story hidden deep within her, just like the red dress she conceals under her black coat. One day, however, everything changes, as a man and a woman decide to rest together forever in her cemetery. This reveals the bonds connecting the living and the dead, and the seemingly dark corners of the soul become illuminated. The author possesses a rare storytelling talent, with the ability to make the ordinary extraordinary, creating an extraordinary world full of poetry and humanity around an ordinary woman.