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Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who is thirty years her senior. Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Laila, who must leave her home and join Mariam's unhappy household. Laila and Mariam are to find consolation in each other, their friendship to grow as deep as the bond between sisters, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan, the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worst imaginings. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction. A Thousand Splendid Suns is an unforgettable portrait of a wounded country and a deeply moving story of family and friendship. It is a beautiful, heart-wrenching story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond and an indestructible love.

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“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
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Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated, Laila. No chance.
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A beautifully crafted and disturbing story of two women victims of the wrath of men. As unforgettable as The Kite Runner, this novel places us in Afghanistan with an open heart' (Isabel Allende )

I loved this book - I couldn't put it down and read it in one sitting. It is incredibly moving and a real insight into the madness and suffering of Afghanistan - in particular its women' (Fiona Bruce )

Hosseini proves his credentials as a superstar storyteller. This follow up to The Kite Runner will have fans rampaging into bookshops desperate for their copy. Yet again he weaves a masterful story around the lives of two extraordinary and compelling characters brought together in adversity' (Mariella Frostrup )

From further east comes, at long last, Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns in which the universally adored author of The Kite Runner returns with a study of love and self-sacrifice in a modern Afghan family' (Sunday Telegraph )

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The highly anticipated and breathtaking new novel by the author of the internationally best-selling novel The Kite Runner

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0747582971
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Paperbacks; 1st Edition 1st Printing Paper Back (22 May 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780747582977
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0747582977
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.05 x 2.29 x 18.03 cm

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Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read and beloved novelists in the world, with over thirty eight million copies of his books sold in more than seventy countries. The Kite Runner was a major film and was a Book of the Decade, chosen by The Times, Daily Telegraph and Guardian. A Thousand Splendid Suns was the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year in 2008. Hosseini is also a Goodwill Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Refugee Agency and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lives in northern California.

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Bought for daughter for A level studies. Speedy delivery and excellent condition

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Dark but light at the same time. Absolutely incredible piece

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Perfect Birthday Gift

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Bought as a gift and the recipient loved the book.

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Already recommended to so many people. This has been on my wish list for ages and I have no regrets buying. It is so sad!!!

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I was recommended this book and was skeptical due to my liking to stick within the niche genre’s I am interested in. Yet this book managed to leave me breathless. Not speechless. This book can make you cry, laugh, cry once more and feel empathetic towards characters undergoing hardships we may have not gone through ourselves. Khaled Hosseini has created a book full of art, from the curve of a letter to the fullness of the period. This book is a must read regardless of what genre of books you indulge in. I am truly thankful to the person who has recommended this book, though some details still have left me scarred...

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Nicola Williams

Everyone should read this book, specially women

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I was given this incredible book while I was very ill in hospital for 6 weeks by my mother who told me I needed to read this.
I took this book with me everywhere I went for tests in the hospital and all the doctors, nurses, radiography staff told me what an incredible book this was!!
I slowly made my way through this book.
This book is based in Afghanistan from the 1970’s onwards. It follows the lives predominantly of two women and their phenomenal struggles in a male dominated world.
During this period there is so much conflict in Afghanistan too with the Russians and different factions fighting one another.
You really get to see how religion and male domination impacts so heavily on women plus living in a war zone all at the same time.
You get to see how women’s rights are stripped away. You get to see the brutality of men and how the police and the Taliban see that women have no rights at all. Women are not allowed to escape brutal husbands.
You get to see how the Taliban in-force their laws which is brutal.

This book has really opened my eyes to the desperate plight of women living in Afghanistan and under the rule of the Taliban.

This book has so much love in it too, love of family supporting one another. It’s not all brutality.

This book is shocking and loving. The end of the book has a happier ending. I really didn’t want this book to end because I loved the women in this book so much. These women were incredible, strongest women I have ever read about. This book is women caring, supporting one another, how they will give up their own life to protect one another.

Living in the West, with so much freedom and rights, it gives you a feeling of having all that stripped away, the loss of identity.

I was so incredibly moved by this book, I have bought it for my daughter and will be gifting this to friends too, because it’s a brilliant book, but it’s important to see the plight of women existing in Afghanistan through endless wars, instability, religious laws and male domination.

I’m struggling to find a book to read now to possibly match this incredible book. This book is in a class of its own.

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Loved it

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This book made me cry a lot o love it and will be reading it again

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 18 May 2023

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Out of all the books I’ve read, this is genuinely my favourite. You will not wanting to put it down. If you love having a cry while reading a book, you will enjoy this. Story line is honestly heartbreaking but the happy ending is definitely worth it. Such a good book.

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