“My name is Virginie. Today, out of three friends, only Adrien talks to me. Nina despises me. I myself don’t want to have anything to do with Etienne. Meanwhile, they have fascinated me since childhood. From childhood to this day, I feel attached only to this trio.” 1986 Nina, Etienne and Adrien are a trio of friends, they study at the same school, they are united by common ideals and secrets. They vow, as they grow older, to leave the province and settle in Paris. The friends are very close, which is not always understood by those around them. Our days A car was discovered at the bottom of the lake. A journalist named Virginie covers the incident. This case is somehow connected with the past of three friends - Nina, Etienne and Adrien. Virginie is their age, she has known them all her life. And she has something to tell.***Valerie Perrin managed to create an amazingly poetic and wise novel, in the spirit of French naturalism. Surprisingly natural, romantic and cinematic.” L'Indépendant (about the novel “Change the Water for the Flowers”) It is interesting that the emphasis on comparing Valerie Perrin’s work with cinema is by no means accidental. Valerie Perrin is not only a writer, but also a photographer and screenwriter. She collaborated with the world-famous film director Claude Lelouch for more than ten years (his film A Man and a Woman received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and two Academy Awards). Valerie Perrin's meeting with Lelouch in 2006 determined her future career, first as a photographer on filming, and then co-author of some of the director’s films. Valerie Perrin is currently the author of five books, three of which are novels. It was with them that her popularity began among a wide public, standing apart from the European creative bohemia. Valerie has received more than 10 literary awards for her novels, and critics have repeatedly noted that her style is “very sensitive... with references to national literary masterpieces and cinema” and that her works are characterized by “generosity, humor and sadness” that work well together. “This novel is a real gem” - Le Parisien “Valerie Perrin is a very talented storyteller” - Elle