TY - BOOK AU - HOSSEINI, KHALED TI - A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS SN - 9781408844441 U1 - 813.6 HOS/A PY - 2007/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury KW - English literature KW - Fiction KW - English novel KW - Afghanistan KW - Loss (Psychology) N1 - https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/thousand-splendid-suns-9781408844441 N2 - A suspenseful epic' Daily Telegraph 'A triumph' Financial Times 'Heartbreaking' Mail on Sunday 'Deeply moving' Sunday Times 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 ER -