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1+ YearsPublisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
ISBN 13 | 9781526604750 |
ISBN 10 | 1526604752 |
Book Description | THE RICHARD & JUDY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERA suspenseful epic Daily TelegraphA triumph Financial TimesHeartbreaking Mail on SundayDeeply moving Sunday TimesMariam 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. |
About the Author | Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read and beloved authors. His novels The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns and And the Mountains Echoed have sold over 55 million copies all over the world. Hosseini is a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lives in northern California |
Author | Khaled Hosseini |
Language | English |
Publication Date | 8/23/2018 |
Number of Pages | 432.0 |
A Thousand Splendid Suns