KHALED HOSSEINI: A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS

"Hosseini has done it again ... A Thousand Splendid Suns is a triumph. In Khaled Hosseini, Afghanistan has at last found a voice'
- Financial Times

Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry ed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mand 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.

"A masterful narrative... He is a storyteller of dizzying power"
- Evening Standard

"Hosseini has that rare thing, a Dickensian knack for storytelling"
- Daily Telegraph

"A gripping tale ... It is, too, a powerful portrait of female suffering and endurance under the Taliban"
- Daily Mail

INCLUDES A POSTSCRIPT BY KHALED HOSSEINI AND A READING GROUP GUIDE