The Problem: Eventually, both women find themselves married to a man for convenience, and the ever-growing conflict in their country affords them few options for escape. But her mother can only grieve over the absence of her sons and their participation in the continuing conflict. The idea of Laila becoming an educated and accomplished woman excites her father, a former teacher. Laila is a fortunate woman in that, under the communist regime that has taken control of the country, women are encouraged to go to school and educate themselves in order to obtain important jobs. She is not the only child, but her brothers have gone off to help fight the war. Many years later, Laila lives with her mother and father in the city. Now, Mariam's father only visits once a week, but has nothing to do with either of them otherwise. Why is mom so bitter? She had a brief affair with Mariam's father, in whose house she was a maid, and because of her pregnancy, she was cast out to the outskirts of town. Until the age of 15, Mariam lives with her bitter and extremely caustic mother. The Situation: A Thousand Splendid Suns is told from the point of view of two women living in Afghanistan, Mariam and Laila. If it is anything like his first two, it will definitely be worth checking out. Ultimately, I hope to read Hosseini's newest book, And the Mountains Echoed, which is scheduled to come out in May. Naturally, I would follow-up Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner with his second book, A Thousand Splendid Suns.
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