Acclaimed novelist Faiza Guene, born in France to Algerian parents, offers her take on multiculturalism and what it means to live in a society where everything depends on the colour of your passport. Straddling the banlieue, Paris and Algeria, this novel offers insights into what happens to people when a lid is put on their dreams."

Fifteen year old Doria is in the misnamed Paradise Estate on the outskirts of Paris. Her father has gone off back to Morocco to find a wife who can give him a boy. This novel tells the story of Doria who 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.