A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Reviewed by Tanya
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I was told by many that this is a book that I NEED to read however I never got the chance to until my neighbour gave me her copy. I had high expectations and I was not disappointed. It was an easy read but so heart-breaking. Khaled always uses perfect words or phrases to describe each scene or character. It’s a story of hope when the situation is hopeless.It is well written and opens the window on a part of the world that very few of us are familiar with. While Hosseini tells Mariam and Laila's stories, he also gives the reader a fantastic history lesson. I went through so many emotions whilst reading this book, and honestly though I managed to control my tears I was left heartbroken by the end of it. Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought together by war, loss and fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them—in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul- they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation.