A Thousand Splendid Suns

AUTHOR:  Khaled Hosseini

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.