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A heart wrenching tale that spans thirty years of volatile history in Afghanistan, A Thousand Splendid Suns sheds a new light on the atrocity of war in the Middle East.

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Find below a book review on A Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, tells the story from the point of view of Afghanistan women.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is Khaled Hosseini's story of Mariam and Laila, wives of a tyrannical man, who live in a time of war and turmoil in the city of Kabul.

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A Thousand Splendid Suns follows the lives of two extraordinary women living in Taliban controlled Afghanistan as they fight to live, finding comfort only in one another.

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