01245cam a2200301 4500 75683175 TxAuBib 20070605120000.0 070228s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007008679 9781594489501 hc. 1594489505 hc. DLC DLC KyLxBWI ICrlF TxAuBib Hosseini, Khaled. A thousand splendid suns / Khaled Hosseini. New York : Riverhead Books, 2007. 372 p. ; 24 cm. Library Journal Starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. A novel set against the three decades of Afghanistan's history shaped by Soviet occupation, civil war, and the Taliban, which tells the stories of two women, Mariam and Laila, who grow close despite their nineteen-year age difference and initial rivalry as they suffer at the hand of a common enemy: their abusive husband. Adult Follett Library Resources. 20070605. Family Fiction. Women Afghanistan Fiction. Family life Fiction. Afghanistan Fiction.