A riveting and powerful story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship and an indestructible love A riveting and powerful story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship and an indestructible love

Zusatztext 'Hosseini has that rare thing! a Dickensian knack for storytelling' Informationen zum Autor Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul! Afghanistan and moved to the United States in 1980. His first novel! The Kite Runner ! was an international bestseller! published in thirty-four countries. In 2006 he was named a US goodwill envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency. He lives in northern California. Klappentext 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. A riveting and powerful story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship and an indestructible love Zusammenfassung A riveting and powerful story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship and an indestructible love

'Hosseini has that rare thing, a Dickensian knack for storytelling'

Autorentext
Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and moved to the United States in 1980. His first novel, The Kite Runner, was an international bestseller, published in thirty-four countries. In 2006 he was named a US goodwill envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency. He lives in northern California.