A gripping drama of beauty, destruction, sadness, and suspense, "A Thousand Sple
ndid Suns" is at once an incredible chronicle of the last thirty years of Afghan
history, and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, and the salvation to
be found in love. Poor, uneducated Mariam is terrified and only fifteen years ol
d when she is shipped off to Kabul to marry a troubled man thirty years her seni
or. Nearly two decades later, pretty fifteen-year-old Laila finds herself in the
same situation when her intellectual parents are killed by a stray Mujahideen b
omb.
