{"product_id":"kiffe-kiffe-tomorrow-paperback","title":"Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFaïza Guène\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe thought I'd forged my mom's name on the slip. How stupid is that? On this thing Mom just made a kind of squiggly shape on the page. That jerk didn't even think about what he was saying, didn't even ask himself why her signature might be weird. He's one of those people who think illiteracy is like AIDS. It only exists in Africa.\u003cbr\u003e--from \u003cem\u003eKiffe Kiffe Tomorrow\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A tale for anyone who has ever lived outside looking in, especially from that alien country called adolescence. A funny, heartfelt story from a wise guy who happens to be a girl. If you've ever fallen in love, if you've ever had your heart broken, this story is your story.\" -- Sandra Cisneros, author of THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Paradise projects are only a few metro stops from Paris, but here it's a whole different kind of France. Doria's father, the Beard, has headed back to their hometown in Morocco, leaving her and her mom to cope with their \u003cem\u003emektoub\u003c\/em\u003e--their destiny--alone. They have a little help-- from a social worker sent by the city, a psychiatrist sent by the school, and a thug friend who recites Rimbaud. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt seems like fate's dealt them an impossible hand, but Doria might still make a new life. She'll prove the projects aren't only about rap, soccer, and religious tension. She'll take the Arabic word kif-kif (same old, same old) and mix it up with the French verb kiffer (to really like something). Now she has a whole new motto: KIFFE KIFFE TOMORROW. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Moving and irreverent, sad and funny, full of rage and intelligence. [Guène's] characters are unforgettable, her voice fresh, and her book a delight.\" -- Laila Lalami, author of Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFaïza Guène, the child of Algerian immigrants, grew up in the public housing projects of Pantin, outside Paris. This is her first book.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tale for anyone who has ever lived outside looking in, especially from that alien country called adolescence. A funny, heartfelt story from a wise guy who happens to be a girl. If you've ever fallen in love, if you've ever had your heart broken, this story is your story. -- Sandra Cisneros, author of THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Paradise projects are only a few metro stops from Paris, but here it's a whole different kind of France. Doria's father, the Beard, has headed backto their hometown in Morocco, leaving her and her mom to cope with their \u003ci\u003emektoub\u003c\/i\u003e their destiny alone.They have a little help-- from a social worker sent by the city, a psychiatrist sent by the school, and athug friend who recites Rimbaud. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt seems like fate s dealt them an impossiblehand, but Doria might stillmake a newlife. She'll prove the projects aren't onlyabout rap, soccer, and religious tension. She ll take the Arabic word kif-kif (same old, same old) and mix it up with the French verb kiffer (to really like something). Now she has a whole new motto: KIFFE KIFFE TOMORROW. \u003cbr\u003e\"Moving and irreverent, sad and funny, full of rage and intelligence. [Guene's] characters are unforgettable, her voice fresh, and her book a delight.\" -- Laila Lalami, author of Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFaiza Guene is a sociology major at the University of St. Denis.The child of Algerian immigrants, she grew up in the public housing projects of Pantin, outside Paris. 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