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A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

Start date: April 1, 2019

Finish date: April 30, 2019

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May 18, 2012 Jaye rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, my-bookshelf, novel

(I'm not sure if I should put, "Spoiler Alert," as although I do not give away the ending of this book, I do delve into much of the story line, which may ruin the surprise element for some people, so read at your own discretion! :) )

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Heartbreaking, gripping & thought-provoking.

This is a novel about war. The wars that go on on a social scale, and the wars that go on within our own homes. Afghanistan is a place of war, a magnet for it, it would seem. A place of turbulent governmental rule, ...more

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May 24, 2010 Shari Stauch rated it it was amazing

Adored this book - like Memoirs of a Geisha, it placed me deep within a world I wanted to understand...

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Jun 30, 2014 Sue rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction, fiction

I enjoy this book. It was definitely not a book I would have picked up myself if not for a group read. It was an insight into a culture that I know very little. I liked seeing that someone who is so mistreated through out her life with such hardships takes upon herself the mothering of someone not her own and helps bring more joy into her life. In Un conventional ways she spares others from the continence of what she had always had to endure knowing that it meant her own demise.

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Feb 21, 2008 Angie Taylor rated it it was amazing

Ok, so this was a great book, but not so light and fluffy. It recounts Afganistan history from the 1960's to the present time as told throught the perspective of oppressed women. I cried my eyes out and was deeply impressed by the images portrayed. I don't have too many of these types of books on my book list because I just can't handle it emotionally. So having said that, it is still a very good book, and I would highly suggest it. ...more

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