Tata by Valerie Perrin

The new novel by the international bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers

When Agnes hears from the local police her Aunt Colette has died, she can’t believe her ears. Her father’s sister Colette, her Tata, died three years ago and has been resting in peace in the cemetery of Gueugnon.

Agnes is called to identify the body: there is no doubt, it’s Aunt Colette. But then, who rests under the stone engraved with Colette’s name? And why did she fake her own death? So begins an investigation back in time, as Agnes pieces together the multitude of stories that lie behind her aunt’s second death.

An intricate, compelling web of stories told with irony, delicacy and depth, Tata will keep readers glued to every page.

The new novel by the international bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers

About the Author: Valerie Perrin was born in 1967 in France. Her novel Forgotten on Sunday (2015) 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 Litteraire 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.

Hildegarde Serle graduated in French from Oxford University. After working as a newspaper subeditor in London for many years, she obtained the Chartered Institute of Linguists Diploma in Translation. She is the translator of The Mirror Visitor Quartet.

18 Jun 2026
 

Tata: From the bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers by Valerie Perrin ISBN 9781787706347