A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Mariam 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 a...
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| Language: | English |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing
2018
©2007 |
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Add Tag | Summary: | Mariam 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 412 pages 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781526604750 |
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS