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Oct 31, 2007 Jennifer Cole rated it it was amazing

By the same author as The Kite Runner. I loved The Kite Runner. I can't even find words to describe how much I loved this book, but it's a billion times more than I loved The Kite Runner. This book just made me think, and think some more, and think some more, and feel, and feel some more, and feel some more, and then think and feel even more. This book made me want to learn a whole lot more about Afghanistan and its history and its people. ...more

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Oct 24, 2024 Hilary rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2024-books, own-the-audiobook

This is an absolutely heartbreaking story. There are two female main characters - Mariam and Laila. This is the story about their lives in Afghanistan, and being forced into arranged marriages. These women go through so much heartache and defeat. It really makes you wonder how much of this could be a reality for women in the Middle East.

Very little of this book is happy. There are themes of parental abandonment, death, war, terrorism, and domestic violence. As a warning, it is heavy on domestic ...more

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Jun 28, 2011 Milly rated it it was amazing

WOW! This is by far the best book I've read so this year. I recently read THE KITE RUNNER which made me want to read more books by Khaled Hosseini and he sure didn't disappoint. This story is about Mariam and Laila both their separate lives and how they came to be together. To say the book was moving, intense, and heavy in some parts is an understatement. Been a long time since a book has moved me to such emotions. I HIGHLY recommend this you read this book. ...more

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Apr 08, 2008 Jaime rated it it was amazing

Shelves: general-fiction, read-2008

As good as The Kite Runner was, this was even better. I’m not sure the book description really serves it justice, because I almost didn’t listen to it. I’m really glad I did. Not only does Hosseini give the reader a wonderful story about the lives of two women who should be worlds apart, but he gives you a portrait of life for a woman in Afghanistan in recent history. Under the various ruling systems, every woman is ultimately the same. The story is really a downer for most of the book, but I th ...more

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