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A thousand splendid suns

By: Publication details: Bloomsbury, 2018 London :Description: 412pISBN:
  • 9781526604750
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • PE
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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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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