<p><strong>Winner of the Bronze Medal for Best Historical Fiction - Literary Category - HFC Book of the Year 2022</strong></p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Sabrine, hospitalized for five years at the infamous Salpêtrière Asylum for Women, gains her release due to intervention of her sister Julie Forette and a young Sigmund Freud. The reunited sisters are introduced to the dazzling art milieu of 1886 Paris, and soon become close friends to the leading Impressionists. Sabrine attracts a cult following as a poetess, the enigmatic "Haiku Princess."&nbsp;Seemingly cured by Freud of her Grand Hysteria, Sabrine soon enters into a tumultuous relationship with Vincent van Gogh.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Jule and Sigmund Freud, alarmed by the eerie parallels between the emotionally volatile couple and their self-destructive impulses, begin an urgent search to discover the root causes for Sabrine and Vincent's growing psychoses.&nbsp;Julie, 'The Dream Collector' seeks their most unforgettable dream for Freud's interpretation and revelations occur. </span></p><p><em style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">The Dream Collector</em><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"> is an&nbsp;exploration of the psychological consequences of betrayal, abandonment--and the redemptive power of art.</span></p>