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Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghanistan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love.
Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them--in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul--they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival.
A stunning accomplishment, A Thousand Splendid Suns is a haunting, heartbreaking, compelling story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love.
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Submitted by Anonymous in Chautauqua,
A deeply moving accoung of the lives of women in Afganistan by the same skilled author of Kite Runner. Not a book for the faint of heart. It is almost unimaginable here in the U.S. that women anywhere in the world in our times must face such degradation at the hands of their men and culture. Yet they remain optimistic and stoic during the turmoil. An unpleasant insight into Islam as well.
Submitted by Susan in NJ in Locust,
This author created a beautiful story out of a very sad and tragic piece of Middle Eastern history. As a Westerner, I can only but imagine the strength, energy and resolve the Afghani women need to manage a day, one day at a time. I enjoyed how the other swapped the focus of each character from one chapter to the next.
Submitted by Elizabeth Manuge in South Ohio RR 1,
I found it hard to listen to some of this book. The life she describes is so cruel, inhumane for women. How those girls could carry on and even face death with such acceptance is hard to believe. Its very far from the life we h ave here on this continent. The book is beautifully written and somehow there is hope in everything that happens.
Submitted by Anonymous in Lakewood,
I highly recommend this book. I read his previous book The Kite Runner and that one was okay. This book is totally different as it deals with women in Afganistan. It is very enlightening from a historical stand point, but the story stands on its own. It is very moving.
Submitted by Fred Schwien
Great character development and a great story. I think Hosseini could make anyone's life seem fascinating!
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