Author : Khaled Hosseini Genre : Novel My Rating : 4.5 | 5 Stars Number of Pages : 402 Pages Year of Publication : 2007 SUMMARY Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and 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 people to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with startling heroism. "Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger alawys finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam."-Nana "... One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs And the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls ..."- Saib-e-Tabrizi , 17th Century MY VERDICT I loved how I expected the author to be female, bu t turned out to be male. I love the Aut
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