Shelley G. (ssgilby) - , reviewed on 5/21/2008 + 19 more book reviews

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Wow! This was a very powerful book! Depressing much of the time, and I spent many hours brooding over and worrying about poor Mariam and Laila. I shed many tears for them. I kept trying to tell myself that it was "just a book," but in reality I know that despite the fact that it is a fiction book, it is probably based on the stories of thousands and thousands of real Afghanistan women. Such harshness, such brutality. I don't think we in America can fully fathom the horrors these women face. This book provided me with a much-needed glimpse of life in Afghanistan during it's past 30-some turbulent, war-torn years.

Thankfully, the book ended with a ray of hope, and at the end, I cried tears of bittersweet joy for Laila and her family. It is a hard book to read, but one, I think, that must be read. Now I'm off to read the much-acclaimed Kite Runner.

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