A+thousand+splendid+suns

** //A thousand splendid suns// by Khaled Hosseini ** history shaped by Soviet occupation, civil war, and the Taliban, which tells the stories of two women, Mariam and Laila, who grow close despite their nineteen-year age difference and initial rivalry as they suffer at the hand of a common enemy: their abusive husband.
 * A novel set against the three decades of Afghanistan's

Read the poem the book got it's title from: Why did the author choose this title? Do Mirian and Laila have this kind of love for Kabul? || ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/George_and_Laura_Bush_with_Khaled_Hosseini_in_2007_detail2.JPG width="148" height="197" caption="wikipedia: Khaled Hosseini in 2007 detail2.JPG" link="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/George_and_Laura_Bush_with_Khaled_Hosseini_in_2007_detail2.JPG"]]Visit the authors web page At: http://www.khaledhosseini.com/index2.htm ||  ||

