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A thousand splendid suns

Two women born a generation apart witness the destruction of their home and family in wartorn Kabul, losses incurred over the course of thirty years that test the limits of their strength and courage.

Main Author: Hosseini, Khaled.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, c2007.
Subjects:
Female friendship > Fiction.
Survival > Fiction.
Survival skills > Fiction.
Kabul (Afghanistan) > Fiction.
Afghanistan > Fiction.
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Summary: Two women born a generation apart witness the destruction of their home and family in wartorn Kabul, losses incurred over the course of thirty years that test the limits of their strength and courage.
Physical Description: 370 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781594489501
1594489505
Author Notes: Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 4, 1965. He received a bachelor's degree in biology from Santa Clara University in 1988 and a medical degree from the University of California-San Diego's School of Medicine in 1993. He was a practicing internist from 1996 to 2004.

While in medical practice, he began writing his first novel, The Kite Runner, which was published in 2003. His other books include A Thousand Splendid Suns and And the Mountains Echoed. In 2006, he was named a Goodwill Envoy to UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. He established The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.

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