BOOK TALK

WE’RE ALL CURRENTLY SPENDING MORE TIME AT HOME, AND A GOOD BOOK MIGHT BE JUST THE THING TO DIVERT OUR ATTENTION FROM THE CONSTANT BARRAGE OF NEWS. THIS LIST SHOULD GIVE YOU PLENTY OF OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM!

A Thousand Splendid Suns - By Khaled Hosseini

Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul-they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival. A stunning accomplishment, the book is a compelling story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love.