Hotel Mirabelle and The Wonderful Wheelchair Company, by Valerie Sinason
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What if there were truly a place for everyone?
At Hotel Mirabelle, nothing is ordinary… not its guests, not its staff, and certainly not the journeys they take.
Charlene has transformed a crumbling seaside hotel into a sanctuary for people with disabilities. When a diverse group of strangers arrive for a week-long holiday—wheelchair users, people with dementia, carers, war veterans, immigrants, the lonely, the heartbroken, the hopeful—their lives begin to intertwine in unexpected and transformative ways.
From Brighton’s open water to late-night conversations in Bert’s Bar, friendships form, prejudices unravel, old wounds surface, and new beginnings glimmer into life.
Told with warmth, humour, and extraordinary psychological insight, Hotel Mirabelle and the Wonderful Wheelchair Company is a novel about love, loss, dignity, and the courage it takes to keep living fully… no matter your age, your past, or your body.
Only someone with Valerie Sinason’s lived and professional experience could have written a story of disability, ageing, and humanity with such truth, tenderness, and hope.
Hotel Mirabelle and the Wonderful Wheelchair Company will be published 17 March, 2026. Before its publication date, it can be pre-ordered for 25% off its cover price with code VALERIE26 at checkout.
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What if there were truly a place for everyone?
At Hotel Mirabelle, nothing is ordinary… not its guests, not its staff, and certainly not the journeys they take.
Charlene has transformed a crumbling seaside hotel into a sanctuary for people with disabilities. When a diverse group of strangers arrive for a week-long holiday—wheelchair users, people with dementia, carers, war veterans, immigrants, the lonely, the heartbroken, the hopeful—their lives begin to intertwine in unexpected and transformative ways.
From Brighton’s open water to late-night conversations in Bert’s Bar, friendships form, prejudices unravel, old wounds surface, and new beginnings glimmer into life.
Told with warmth, humour, and extraordinary psychological insight, Hotel Mirabelle and the Wonderful Wheelchair Company is a novel about love, loss, dignity, and the courage it takes to keep living fully… no matter your age, your past, or your body.
Only someone with Valerie Sinason’s lived and professional experience could have written a story of disability, ageing, and humanity with such truth, tenderness, and hope.
Hotel Mirabelle and the Wonderful Wheelchair Company will be published 17 March, 2026. Before its publication date, it can be pre-ordered for 25% off its cover price with code VALERIE26 at checkout.
Valerie Sinason
Valerie Sinason is a widely published poet and writer who was on the council of the British Poetry Society and ran Poetry West Hampstead with acclaimed writer Bernard Kops. She was also for four decades (now retired) a consultant child psychotherapist and adult psychoanalyst focussing on trauma and disability. Her last novel was The Orpheus Project, and her classic renowned text book is Mental Handicap and the Human Condition, which included a chapter on working with Alzheimer’s. She lives in Brighton.
Publisher : Sul Books Published : March 2026 Formats : Perfectbound, Digital Cloth with Dust Jacket, EPUB Pages : 280 Size : 6.14 x 9.21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) 50 White ISBN (hardcover) : 978-1-917898-03-4 ISBN (paperback): 978-1-917898-04-1 ISBN (EPUB): 978-1-917898-05-8
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