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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini is a heart-wrenching story of family, love and friendship and a chronicle of three decades of Afghan history, from the Soviet invasion to the tribal wars and the vicious reign of the Taliban to American intervention and attempted reconstruction by world powers. It is a story of two women, Mariam and Laila. Mariam ...

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