HOSSEINI, KHALED <br/><br/>
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS  

 - London  Bloomsbury  2007 
 - 419p. 
<br/><br/> https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/thousand-splendid-suns-9781408844441 
<br/><br/> A suspenseful epic' Daily Telegraph<br/><br/>'A triumph' Financial Times<br/><br/>'Heartbreaking' Mail on Sunday<br/><br/>'Deeply moving' Sunday Times<br/><br/>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 a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781408844441 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English literature<br/>Fiction<br/>English novel<br/>Afghanistan<br/>Loss (Psychology)	
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813.6 HOS/A