title: The Insomniac Society
author: Levy, Gabrielle
description: 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.
  
  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.
    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?