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Violet Evergarden comes to a private women's academy to tutor Isabella in the ways of being a lady. Heir to the York family, Isabella feels trapped in this new and uncomfortable world. She still grieves for the only person to ever bring her happiness – now lost to her. Violet's lessons do give her a brief respite from the melancholy but with the absence of joy, how long does it take to truly heal?
Violet travels to an opera house to meet Irma, a talented songstress who asks for a fictional letter written by a woman to her lover that never returned from the war. Her client offers no direction for the project, and Violet finds herself continually trying, and failing, to deliver what Irma needs. As she struggles to complete her task, Violet continues to learn more about love, and the pain of losing someone you cherish.
The story is about an old woman with a drawer on her body. This drawer is full of the memories of her deceased husband. She puts things into the drawer every day to look for the shadow of him.