Falling into a deep and impenetrable sleep, young Madeleine leaves behind the tangible world of her provincial French village, joins a gypsy circus, and sees in her dreams people experiencing profound and mystical transformations. A first novel. Reprint.[...]
'A wonderful, practically magical writer' Curtis Sittenfeld Beatrice Hempel, English teacher, is the sort of teacher students adore. Ms Hempel Chronicles is a warm-hearted novel about a young woman navigating her way into adulthood as she ushers her students into adolescence.[...]