Classics, Literary, Suspense, Afghanistan, Families, Loss (Psychology), Intergenerational relations, Arranged marriage, Social conditions, Women 

Tayshas high school reading list, 2008-2009. 

From the Publisher: After more than two years on the bestseller lists, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel of enormous contemporary relevance. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years -- from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding -- that puts the violence, fear, hope and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives -- the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness -- are inextricable from the history playing out around them. Propelled by the same storytelling instinct that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once a remarkable chronicle of three decades of Afghan history and a deeply moving account of family and friendship. It is a striking, heart-wrenching novel of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love -- a stunning accomplishment.
Mariam and Laila are born a generation apart but are brought together by war and fate. Together they endure the dangers surrounding them and discover the power of both love and sacrifice. 

Chronicles the lives of two Afghan women who struggle to survive, raise a family, and find happiness in war-torn Afghanistan. 

Genre/Form: Domestic fiction
Fictional Work
Fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Hosseini, Khaled.
Thousand splendid suns.
New York : Riverhead Books, 2007
(OCoLC)607530867
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Khaled Hosseini
ISBN: 9781594489501 1594489505 9780743554435 0743554434 9781594483851 159448385X
OCLC Number: 85783363
Awards: Winner of British Book Awards: Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year Award 2008
Short-listed for Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2009
Short-listed for British Book Awards: Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award 2008
Short-listed for British Book Awards: Reader's Digest Author of the Year Award 2008
Description: 372 pages ; 24 cm
Series Title: Tayshas high school reading list, 2008-2009.
Responsibility: Khaled Hosseini.