If you loved Kite Runner, you will LOVE Khaled Hosseini's next book even more. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a beautiful story about two women's struggle in war-torn Afghanistan and the way their lives are interwoven. They find strength in each other as they face the trials of life in a stifling and misogynistic country.
A boy in my freshman English class proclaimed this book is the best book he has ever read, so I had to read it. Not many 14-year-old boys speak that passionately about literature, so I knew there had to be something to it. I could not pull myself away from it. It is rich with history and draws the reader into the heartbreaking yet inspiring lives of these women and their families. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a gorgeous book. I got the newly published fall 2009 edition with amazing photos of modern-day Afghanistan and I highly recommend you pick this one up too.
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