A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Paperback Book 9781526604750

THE RICHARD amp JUDY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERA suspenseful epic Daily TelegraphA triumph Financial TimesHeartbreaking Mail on SundayDeeply 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