Mariam is only fifteen when she is send 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 Marian are to find consolidation in each other, their friendship to grow as deep as the bond between sisters, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter.
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.
