Valérie Perrin’s Forgotten on Sunday won the Booksellers Choice
Award in France and has been long-selling bestseller since
publication. Her English-language debut, Fresh Water for Flowers
(Europa, 2020) won the Maison de la Presse Prize, the Paperback
Readers Prize, and was named a 2020 ABA Indies Introduce and Indie
Next List title. It has been translated into over thirty languages.
Figaro Littéraire named Perrin one of the ten best-selling authors
in France in 2019, and in Italy, Fresh Water for Flowers was the
bestselling book of 2020.
Since graduating in French from Oxford University, Hildegarde Serle
has worked in London as a subeditor, mainly on The Independent. In
2011, she did the CIOL Diploma in Translation. She still lives in
London, but her heart lives on the Quai aux Fleurs in Paris.
'"An endearing and original heroine, a surprising setting, a
talented author."' - ELLE
'"What may on the surface of it appear gloomy and morose, in
Perrin's hands is an appealing indulgence in nature, food and
drink, and, above all, friendships."' - The Guardian
'"Beautiful."' - L'Express
'"A beautiful, intensely atmospheric bittersweet dream of a book."'
- Matt Haig (on Fresh Water for Flowers)
'Valerie Perrin's delightful Fresh Water for Flowers is a funny and
moving story of one woman's belief that everything will turn out
right.' - Stylist (on the million copy international bestseller
Fresh Water for Flowers)
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