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Part I (Pages 1 - 97, Chapters 1 - 23)

• The following version of this book was used to create this lesson plan: Perrin, Valerie. Fresh Water for Flowers. Europe Editions, New York, 2021.

• The book was written from a range of perspectives and in a variety of tenses, but is is mostly written from narrator Violette Toussaint's first-person perspective. Assume each chapter is written from Violette's first-person perspective unless otherwise noted, and tenses are noted at the beginning of each chapter summary.

• In Chapter 1, Violette Toussaint is the narrator, and it is written in the present tense.

• In this short chapter, Violette says her closest neighbors are all dead, and the only thing that sets them apart is the wood of their coffins.

• Chapter 2 is in the present tense.

• Violette is a cemetery-keeper, and was previously a level-crossing keeper at a train tracks.

• Violette did not have an auspicious beginning; the doctors...

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