PSA: This book has a lot of sensitive topics that make it difficult to read at certain points.
Spanning over 30 years, this story shares the life shattering moments that affected Afghanistan. Events ranging from the Soviet invasion, reign of Taliban to the years after 9/11. It highlights the fear, hope and faith of a country and the survival skills that the people must learn to succeed. The two main characters, though separated by generations, come together in the most tragic of events and learn to rely on each other through it all. A story of enemies becoming friends to becoming family and showing that above everything else in life there is nothing quite like indestructible love.
“You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel”.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Wowza, Wow, WOOWW. My heart (and mind) have been just on a rollercoaster of like upsetting emotions. Don’t get me wrong, this book is so well written but it just is a constant journey just going downhill. No even small happy hills along the way. Which I don’t know why it came as such a surprise to me as I did just read Hosseini’s The Kite Runner a few months ago and went on this same journey then. I think he is an incredible author and writes about an area of the world that I only know from American point of view news stations and shares the true stories and horrors of what goes on, but I am ready to go under my covers with some Sour Patch Kids and just bawl my eyes out. My next read needs to be some major lightheartedness to ease the heart break and mind exhaustion that I am feeling at the current moment. (But read this book and we can all just bawl our eyes out together).
Until Next Time, The Library Abroad
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