{"product_id":"9780547416359","title":"Some Dream for Fools: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA novel of a twentysomething, Algerian-born woman living on the edge in France, from “one of the hottest literary talents of multicultural Europe” (\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Ahlème’s mother was killed in a village massacre, she left Algeria for France with her father and brother and never returned. Now, more than a decade later, she is practically French, yet in many ways she remains an outsider. Ahlème’s dreams for a better life have been displaced by the harsh realities she faces every day. Her father is unable to work after an accident at his construction site and her brother boils over with adolescent energy, teetering dangerously close to choosing a life of crime. As a temporary resident, Ahlème could at any moment be sent back to a village and a life that are now more foreign than Paris.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSome Dream for Fools\u003c\/i\u003e, Faïza Guène explores the disparity between the expectations and limitations of immigrant life in the West and tells a remarkable story of one woman’s courage to dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “With a keen eye for detail and a sharp narrative tone, [Guène] gives voice to a hurt too long unrecognized. . . . [She] takes us into another world—a world that no nation today can afford to ignore.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120497279216,"sku":"9780547416359","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547416359_p0.jpg?v=1769915868","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547416359","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}