Fifteen-year-old Doria isn't in a good place. Or to be precise:
she's in the sadly misnamed Paradise Estate on the outskirts of
Paris. Her father has gone off back Morocco to find a wife who can
give him a boy, and her illiterate, non French-speaking mother is
having to fend for herself with a cleaning job in a grim motel.
What's more, her favourite soap star has turned out to be gay and
it looks like the only school that is going to accept Doria is the
one for future hairdressers. Still, it could be worse: Doria could
be like Samra, the girl in the flat above, whose father doesn't let
her out, or Youssef who has been banged up for a year for dealing
in drugs and stolen cars. At least Hamoudi - twenty-eight and the
coolest guy on the estate - is her friend. And at least she gets a
free weekly session with psychologist Mrs Burland, who is about the
only person who listens, even if she doesn't quite understand... In
this fabulous first novel, Faiza Guene has created an unforgettable
voice. Doria is both clued up and innocent, acutely aware of what's
in store for her and powerless to change it. She is funny, clever
and tragically trapped. But in the end, her dogged determination
not to be down-trodden and humiliated wins through and it looks
like things can only get better.
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