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The Insomniac Society
- Author
- Gabrielle Levy
- Narrator
- Daphne Kouma
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 11 February 2021
- Run Time
- 6 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
There are five of them.
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.
Michèle, 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 café.
Hervé, a shy accountant who sits in bed, panicking about his job while scrolling through emails into the early hours.
They have one thing in common: insomnia.
As meetings led by sleep specialist Marie-Hélène 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 sleep?
(P) 2021 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Critics Review
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Gabrielle 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
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Details
- Author
- Gabrielle Levy
- Narrator
- Daphne Kouma
- Duration
- 6 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 February 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529327557
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Fiction in translation, Sleep disorders and therapy, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction
Synopsis
Five strangers. Hundreds of sleepless nights.There are five of them. 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. Michèle, 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 café. Hervé, a shy accountant who sits in bed, panicking about his job while scrolling through emails into the early hours. They have one thing in common: insomnia. As meetings led by sleep specialist Marie-Hélène 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 sleep?(P) 2021 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
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