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A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Current price: $28.59
Publication Date: March 1st, 2015
Publisher:
Mehta Publishing House
ISBN:
9788184981797
Pages:
394
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A Thousand Splendid Suns, from the author of The Kite Runner, is a revealing story of the plight of two Afghan women, brought together by loss and war, both of whom you will come to love.

Beth Carpenter, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC
Spring/Summer '09 Reading Group List

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.