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The Insomniac Society
By (Author) Gabrielle Levy
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder Paperback
11th January 2022
14th October 2021
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Fiction in translation
Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction
Coping with / advice about sleep problems
843.92
Paperback
176
Width 126mm, Height 196mm, Spine 18mm
130g
Gabrielle Levy's The Insomniac Society is the international phenomenon for those having sleepless night's everywhere . . .
Five people. One thing in common: none of them can sleep. Claire, who sits awake beside a snoring husband and a little boy who is not hers. Jacques, a psychiatrist at the end of his career whose lonely nights are punctuated only by anonymous phone calls. Michele, a retiree whose dark secret compels her out of bed and to church. Lena, a young goth who cannot brave the dawn, volunteering at a local cafe. Herve, a shy accountant who sits in bed, panicking about his job while scrolling through emails into the early hours. As meetings led by sleep specialist Marie-Helene draw them together, friendships will be formed and confessions made... but will they discover what's keeping them awake And more importantly: will they be able to get to sleepGabrielle Levy does an admirable job characterising her hodgepodge collection of insomniacs and draws from a varied palette of types, demonstrating how anyone, from any strata of society, can lose their sleep * Buzz Magazine *
Gabrielle Levy was born in Brussels in 1978. A confirmed insomniac herself, she now lives between Paris and the countryside. The Insomniacs Society is her debut novel.