A Thousand Splendid Suns (A Thousand Splendid suns)

Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabut to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a freindship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the tTaliban take over life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways and lead them t overcome the most daunting obstacles with startling heroism.