{"product_id":"discretion-hardcover-1","title":"Discretion - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFaiza Guene\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSarah Ardizzone\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeftly moving between Algeria and Paris, bestselling novelist Faïza Guène's \u003ci\u003eDiscretion\u003c\/i\u003e compellingly evokes the realities of a first- and second-generation family as they carve out a future for themselves in France, finding one another as they go along. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYamina Taleb is approaching her seventieth birthday. These days, she strives for a quiet life, grateful to the country that hosts her and her adored family. The closest she gets to drama is scooping 'revolutionary' bargains in the form of plastic kitchenware gadgets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Yamina's children feel differently. They don't always fit in in Paris, and it hurts. Omar wonders whether it's too late to change course as he watches the world pass him by from the driver's seat of his Uber. His sisters are tired of having to prove themselves, and their allegiance, to a place that is at once home, and not. When the whole family goes away on holiday - not to the motherland, but to a villa-with-pool rental near the Atlantic coast - the Talebs come to realise just how family \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003edefines our sense of belonging. \u003cp\u003eAlternating fragments from Yamina's Algerian past with those of her Paris present, \u003ci\u003eDiscretion\u003c\/i\u003e spans the history of colonial conflict from the Second World War to the present day. A tribute to mothers everywhere, it is also the story of a modern French family feeling their way through the puzzle of their history - and finding one another as they go along. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaïza Guène\u003c\/b\u003e is a bestselling and award-winning French Algerian writer and director. Spotted at a writing workshop at the age of eighteen, she made an astonishing literary debut with her international bestseller, \u003ci\u003eKiffe-Kiffe Demain (Just Like Tomorrow)\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been translated into more than thirty\u003cbr\u003elanguages. Her other novels in English include \u003ci\u003eDreams from the Endz, \u003ci\u003eBar Balto\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMen\u003cbr\u003eDon't Cry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eGuène has acquired a reputation as one of France's most unique contemporary literary voices. She has directed several short films and is a co-writer on Disney Star's mini-series\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eOussekine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(forthcoming May 2022). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.6 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766232383776,"sku":"9780863564024","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5cf3c1f19e378eff6122437ecaeb95cc.webp?v=1780287749","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/discretion-hardcover-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}