A thousand splendid suns

By:

Hosseini, Khaled

Publication details: Bloomsbury, 2018 London :Description: 412pISBN:

9781526604750

Subject(s):

Fictional works

NLM classification:

Summary: 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.

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Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Newham Library (Barts Health) Shelves	PE HOS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Issued	07/11/2023	BARTS005748
Book	Royal London Library (Barts Health) Shelves	PE HOS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		BARTS005750
Book	St Bartholomew's Library (Barts Health) Shelves	PE HOS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		BARTS005747
Book	Whipps Cross Library (Barts Health) Shelves	PE HOS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		BARTS005749

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.

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