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What an outstanding writer Hosseini is! I couldn't put this book down once I began to read, and toward the end I slowed to a crawl reading because I didn't want it to end. It's not an easy story to read if you don't like images of violence, especially of war or directed toward women, but that's the reality of life in Afghanistan. Hosseini covers the last 25-30 years of Afghan history through the story of the lives of two women. Mariam is the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy man and his houseke
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I liked it although Hosseini did not protray the characters of the woman well. I also had a feeling the book was rushed.
I recommend to read The Kite Runner first and then this novel.
I recommend to read The Kite Runner first and then this novel.
sama kerennya dengan kite runner!!!!!
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