Between the Lines Book Club reads “A Thousand Splendid Suns”
Interested in joining a book club? Try our Between the Lines Book Club! We have three different sessions including afternoons and an evening to ensure there’s a time that works for you! Did we mention there’s FREE refreshments?
This month we’ll be discussing “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini! Stop by the Aurora or Dillsboro Library to pick up your copy today!
Aurora: Thursday, April 24th @ 1 pm
Dillsboro: Friday, April 25th @ 1 pm
Aurora: Tuesday, April 29th @ 6 pm
“Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who is thirty years her senior. Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Laila, who must leave her home and join Mariam’s unhappy household. Laila and Mariam are to find consolation in each other, their friendship to grow as deep as the bond between sisters, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter.
With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan, the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women’s endurance tested beyond their worst imaginings. Yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction.” -Goodreads
