Clara Reads Proust

''An elegant and quietly lyrical charting of a life changed by books'' Irish TimesA tender and witty coming-of-age story about the power of literature to inspire new beginnings, peppered with a ca ...

''An elegant and quietly lyrical charting of a life changed by books'' Irish TimesA tender and witty coming-of-age story about the power of literature to inspire new beginnings, peppered with a cast of quirky characters and a unique heroine. Clara is a hairdresser at Cindy Coiffure, a sleepy French salon with an identity crisis. Her relationship is fizzling out. Her tanoholic boss Madame Habib worships Jacques Chirac and talks longingly of her days in Paris. And now Madame Lévy-Leroyer wants to go blonde. Clara can’t help but wonder if there’s more to life than this . . . Everything changes wh