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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. Winner of British Book Awards & Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year Award 2008. Shortlisted for British Book Awards, Reader's Digest Author of the Year Award 2008, British Book Awards & Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award 2008. |
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