Les Lavandières des Morts: Marseille, France • 1648

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Les Lavandières des Morts
Marseille, France • 1648
Emilienne Quentin enters the world through an unfortunate tragedy. Her mother dies giving birth to her and her grandparents devote their lives to keeping her alive. In return, she spends her youth caring for them and refuses to abandon them even when it costs her the future she once imagined for herself.
As the years pass, Emilienne discovers a strange gift. The dead appear in her dreams and speak to her with a familiarity that defies her reasoning. After the loss of her grandparents, she becomes one of the Lavandières des Morts, a woman entrusted with washing and preparing the dead for burial.
What begins as an act of service leads her into a hidden world where spirits carry unfinished business and long-buried truths wait to be uncovered. Set in seventeenth century France, this historical novel follows a woman whose compassion for both the living and the dead changes the lives of everyone she encounters.