
by KhaledHosseini (Author)
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Edition: Export and UK open market ed
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 05 May 2008
ISBN 10: 073948950X
ISBN 13: 9780747593775
Book Overview: The highly anticipated and breathtaking new novel by the author of the internationally best-selling novel The Kite Runner The Kite Runner has sold over 8 million copies worldwide
Prizes: Winner of British Book Awards: Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year Award 2008. Shortlisted for Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2009 and British Book Awards: Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award 2008 and British Book Awards: Reader's Digest Author of the Year Award 2008.