Dreams from the Endz by Faiza Guene – translated from French and first published in English in 2008
Books set in Algeria proved to be thin on the ground and I was pleased to find this one, as I had enjoyed her first novel – Just Like Tomorrow. Ahleme is a 24 year old Algerian immigrant to France who lives with her disabled father and younger brother on a run down housing estate in a Paris suburb. Ahleme struggles to keep the family together and to make ends meet. She goes back to Algeria with her family to visit her relatives. The story is told with humour. 5/10
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