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Jun 20, 2013 05:31PM
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It has an amazing rating and over 400,000 ppl who have read it who are on http://secure.getmeregistered.com/Pin... Reads.
Oh my goodness. Ignore that last post. My phone freaked out and pasted something on my post and posted it. Anyways it has a great rating and tons of readers.
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I have been wondering the same thing! I hope it's the father because it would be better for her, but I'm guessing your probably right about the mom telling the truth. :( Poor kid. It also seems to be well written so far, I'm excited about that. Well written books are just so much easier to enjoy.
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I'm on Chapter 18 now. I am so invested in this story I can hardly put it down. My heart is so broken for what she has gone through and is going through. This book is pretty intense.
I was the same way Brandi! This book is phenomenal. There was one point towards the end that had me crying on the metro, this book is simply fantastic and there's not a lot of difficult prose. I feel so bad for these women! If you haven't read The Kite Runner I strongly sugget that one too. I haven't read the authors latest book, but I'm confident that will be a good read as well.
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There is so much emotion that I can't even put it all into words. I can't imagine being in the shoes of these girls who are forced to become women way too soon. I feel like I can't on, but I can't stop now. I hope there is a happy ending for them.
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It's books like these that make me realize how lucky I really am.
Oh my gosh, I just finished the book. I haven't read a book this intense in a long time.
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I'm going to ignore this whole thread until I start reading. I read the Kite Runner and it was kinda disturbing, well some parts were. I pretty sure is one of those types of stories as well. I'll start sometime in July. I am stuck in 4 books now.
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I was shocked too. I was hoping Laila would be one of the lucky ones, but then everything came falling down around her. I think the most heartbreaking thing is that both of them were just kids when things went so wrong for them.
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Yeah, I thought for sure they would get away and when they didn't I was deflated. I was so afraid the little girl was going to die.
I finally cleaned my palette of books started in June. I have just started this book. Hope to add my two cents by the end of the month. I never read one book at a time.
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I can only handle one book at a time! - I am normally a pretty slow reader, but i get really excited when i finish a book!
SO I finished part 1 (half way thru part 2). I feel sorry for Miriam, to be born out of wedlock and have a father whom I feel would have wanted her to be a part of his family if not for custom. Her mother committing suicide showed Miriam that she truly believed that without Miriam, she had no life. I see how her mom could feel this way.As for Miriam's husband, considering the custom and circumstance, he appeared to be a decent man. Until Miriam had too many miscarriages and he became mean. Him making her chew pebbles and breaking her teeth was wrong and also reminds the reader that the women were not people but property.
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Yeah, that part with the rocks upset me too. I kinda got sick to my stomach. He was a very two-faced man.
I finished Laila's part (2). She had a pretty good upbringing/life until her family was blown up. Then Rasheed, her savior, came along SMH. That evil man. Just because they are your "property" doesn't mean you have to treat them worse than you'd treat a dog.I am now halfway through part 3.
