Forgotten on Sunday

Name: Forgotten on Sunday
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Valérie Perrin
ISBN: 9781666664706

Author: Valérie Perrin, Hildegarde Serle

Narrator: Elisabeth Lagelée

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 06/04/2024

Categories: Fiction, Women, Small Town & Rural, World Literature

Synopsis

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.

About Valérie Perrin

Valérie Perrin is a photographer and screenwriter who works with Claude Lelouch. Her first novel, Les Oubliés du Dimanche, has won numerous prizes, including the 2016 Lire Élire and Poulet-Malassis. Fresh Water for Flowers is her English-language debut, translated by Hildegarde Serle.

About Hildegarde Serle

Hildegarde Serle is a translator who has, since graduating in French from Oxford University, worked in London as a sub-editor, mainly on The Independent. Her translations include Christelle Dabos’s bestselling A Winter’s Promise. She still lives in London, but her heart lives on the Quai aux Fleurs in Paris.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Canadian Jen

Perrin wooed me with Fresh Water for Flowers; sang to me with Three; and now has me dancing with Forgotten on Sunday Justine is a nursing assistant at a long term care facility. She meets Helene, a resident there. Helene, in her world, is always at the beach. She observes people there, can feel the s......more

Goodreads review by Karen

I have read three of this author’s books now… all 5 star reads! I sure hope she is currently working on something new! I adore her writing! This novel is set in France, where Justine is a caretaker at an old folks home. Justine is 21, orphaned, living with her grandparents and cousin. She is enraptured wi......more

Goodreads review by Angela M is taking a break.

When I was offered a copy of Valerie Perrin’s debut novel which has recently been translated into English, I just couldn’t say no. I loved Fresh Water for Flowers, which was sad and beautiful and I was so touched by it . This one is so incredibly sad at times , but I kept reading because I had a fee......more

Goodreads review by Christy

'Sunday is visiting day. But not for everyone'. For some families, moving elderly into retirement homes, as they near their use-by dates, is a burden removed. Their lives lived, their stories told; history. Sadly, some residents, at The Hydrangeas home, are even forgotten on Sunday - the day reserved......more