Clara Reads Proust Publisher / Walker Books None of this is necessary

None of this is necessary

showcasing its presence in contemporary architecture

and The Nutcracker

and studies have shown that cognitive function is enhanced by activities like the meditative art of origami

create a distraction-free zone and re-direct your attention to all the right things

Clara Reads Proust Publisher / Walker Books None of this is necessaryClara 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