Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks; 1st edition (January 1, 2013); Bloomsbury Press
Language: English
Paperback: 432 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781408844441
ISBN-13 : 978-1408844441
Item weight: 280 G

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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.