A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

THE RICHARD & JUDY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER`A suspenseful epic' Daily Telegraph`A triumph' Financial Times`Heartbreaking' Mail on Sunday`Deeply moving' Sunday TimesMariam 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.