A Thousand Splendid Suns

Aftermorethan189weeksontheNewYorkTimesbestsellerlistforTheKiteRunner,KhaledHosseinireturnswithabeautiful,riveting,andhauntingnovelthatconfirmshisplaceasoneofthemostimportantliterarywriterstoday.PropelledbythesamesuperbinstinctforstorytellingthatmadeTheKiteRunnerabelovedclassic,AThousandSplendidSunsisatonceanincrediblechronicleofthirtyyearsofAfghanhistoryandadeeplymovingstoryoffamily,friendship,faith,andthesalvationtobefoundinlove.Bornagenerationapartandwithverydifferentideasaboutloveandfamily,MariamandLailaaretwowomenbroughtjarringlytogetherbywar,bylossandbyfate.Astheyenduretheeverescalatingdangersaroundthem-intheirhomeaswellasinthestreetsofKabul-theycometoformabondthatmakesthembothsistersandmother-daughtertoeachother,andthatwillultimatelyalterthecoursenotjustoftheirownlivesbutofthenextgeneration.Withheart-wrenchingpowerandsuspense,Hosseinishowshowawoman'sloveforherfamilycanmovehertoshockingandheroicactsofself-sacrifice,andthatintheenditislove,oreventhememoryoflove,thatisoftenthekeytosurvival.Astunningaccomplishment,AThousandSplendidSunsisahaunting,heartbreaking,compellingstoryofanunforgivingtime,anunlikelyfriendship,andanindestructiblelove