Your awareness of Afghanistan may be mostly from the newspaper or news on TV. you can't know more if you never read the real life of what Afghans experienced and still suffering nowadays.
Read the history from historical book or official publications.Understanding the life from A novel always.
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS is the one telling you the real Afghan's life.the miserable life with war around.you will see that women is no more than a commodity been traded frequently.just like they are burying their lives in burqa.no dignity.no rights for education.not allowed for a job etc. We don't BUT have to admit that they are living in hell there.
It's not A single case. you will see the same fate from Mariam.Laila and friends around them. by living in A highly civilized society you will never imagine the cruel fact that in the other end of the earth.the same aged girls as your baby are suffering daily bitterness from war and poverty.they are dying of hunger or killed by bomb and bullets.they are fighting each other for the chance to keep alive in every second.
it seems that THEY ARE LIVING A LIFE WITHOUT HOPE.
By reading this novel. by knowing the truth.by telling the facts to people around you and then spread among more and more countries all over the world,we pray that one Day A SPLENDIDSUN will light the hope of Afghanistan, A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS will light up the lives of Afghans.
It's never late to start you care about the other people who Live in pain. please pick up this book to know the Afghans, to let more and more people know the truth, spread it with your kindness.Pray for them A better tomorrow. Allah bless Afghan.