Clara Reads Proust Publisher / Walker Books and The Nutcracker

and The Nutcracker

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As a sign of the changing seasons

often creating a bit of a stir

showcasing its presence in contemporary architecture

Clara Reads Proust Publisher / Walker Books and The NutcrackerClara 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 Lvy Leroyer wants to go blonde. Clara can't help but wonder if there's more to life than this . . . Everything changes when a customer leaves behind the first volume of In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. As Clara