Monday, January 30, 2012

Book Corner - Finished Reading


A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Paperback
372 pages
Drama

By far one of the best books I have read in awhile. As I do a horrible job with book reviews I have copied this from Amazon:

Khaled Hosseini's bestselling debut novel THE KITE RUNNER told of the bond and betrayal that linked two young Afghani boys, and showed how their personal and political history affected their lives and the lives of their children. In his second novel A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS Hosseini shows the tenuous alliance made between two Afghan women who are both married to the same brutal older man. Miriam, an illegitimate daughter, is 15 when she is married to Rasheed. Years later he takes another wife, the orphaned 14-year old Laila. Together, the two women, subjugated by culture and circumstance, must find a way to survive and protect that most-precious of commodities: hope.

One of the few times I'll say not just a good read, but a must read.

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