Tuesday, April 07, 2009

A Thousand Splendid Suns


What do I say about this book?
First off, I am the one of the luckiest girls in the world. I have rights and freedoms that I take for granted every day. This book made me experience through the eyes of two Afghani women just what kind of hell a large portion of the female population of the world live through every day.
Khaled Hosseini obviously has stories to tell, and isn't afraid to hold anything back. He was born in Kabul himself and now lives in California, so he has first hand knowledge in the subjects he writes about. The women in this novel are heroes... for living through what they have, and for surviving and sacrificing what they had to. Heartbreaking yet heart warming at the same time.
Thumbs way up for this one... I'll be surprised if a major motion picture doesn't follow suit, like it did with his previous book, The Kite Runner(which I also loved.)

2 comments:

Kathleen J. said...

I just got this book from the library but haven't read it yet. Now I am looking forward to it even more.

My name is Andrea said...

Enjoy it! I couldn't put it down! Makes you realize just how lucky we were to be born in Canada or the US (or any western country where women have rights)