Vedant reviews A Thousand Splendid Suns
At just fifteen years old, Mariam is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed, a bitter man nearly twice her age. Nearly two decades later, in a time of increasing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Laila. Forced to leave her home, she joins Mariam’s unhappy household. Over time, the two women form a deep and unbreakable bond, their friendship growing into a relationship as close as that of sisters, or even mother and daughter.
As the years pass, the Taliban rise to power in Afghanistan, and Kabul's streets echo with gunfire and bomb blasts. Life becomes a daily struggle against hunger, violence…
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