A deeply emotional story of two women bound by fate and struggle. Their strength and quiet resilience leave a lasting impression, while the backdrop of Afghanistan’s history adds powerful depth.
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Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism.
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A thousand splendid suns, Khaled Hosseini
- Language
- Released
- 2008
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Khaled Hosseini
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 1408803739
- ISBN13
- 9781408803738
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Religious Topics, Love, Family, Women, Classics, Friendship, Military Fiction, Relationships, Wars, English Literature, Violence, Loss, Escape, Fate, Bestsellers, Blackmail, Migration, Refugees, Domestic violence, Afghanistan, Oppression, Sexual Violence, Taliban, Victims of Violence, Kabul, Afghan Literature
- First published
- 2007
- Original title
- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Rating
- 4.45 out of 5
- Description
- Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism.