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Book Review of A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Incredible! Words are insufficient to describe the impact this book had on me. The eight ladies in my book club all rated this a TEN, which is very unusual indeed. The fact that the author was raised in Kabul, Afghanistan gives this story credibility. A war-torn country of survivors: How their strife was ignored, later realized, and finally relieved to some degree after the World Trade Center tragedy September 11, 2001. This is a gripping account of the lives of two very different women whose lives intersect. It is a story of unfortunate events, the struggles of war and tyrannical regimes, brief periods of respite, and hearts that dont give up. A must read.