Author: Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Source: Library
Goodreads:
A moving story about two women set in Afghanistan. The book's story illustrates both the second class, serf-like treatment of two women and their subjection to physical and emotional brutality that was allowed, enabled and endorsed. We also get to see the bravery, kindness and self-resilience of these same two women. Despite the harsh reality of the story, the humanness and compassion shown by both women while trying to survive in such a brutal and oppressive environment is very uplifting.
Thoughts:
I knew very little of the modern history of Afghanistan going into this book so history lessons that this novel provides was very eye-opening and interesting. Khaled Hosseini does a wonderful job of painting a picture of what it must have been like to live in Afghanistan over the last generations.
On top of this setting is a compelling story of Mariam and Laila that really touchest the heart. The layout of the story, going from to the other with little connection, in the beginning made the book hard to get into at first for me. I did struggle through the first quarter or so of the book.
However the struggle was well worth it because the book gets better and better as it goes on and the ending is both powerful and emotional. It is a story of the history of women and war and rulers in Afghanistan as well as a heart-breaking tale of love and family and well worth the read.
Rating: 4/5
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