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MissRob950
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A deeply moving story of endurance. I couldn‘t put it down. An uncomfortable and heart-breaking read that is a reminder of how strong love can be.
I read this as a love story. A love between separated childhood sweethearts; a love between two unlikely friends; and the love of a homeland. A Thousand Splendid Suns is powerful prose.

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CarolynM
The Illuminations | Andrew O'Hagan
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This has been my handbag book for the past few weeks. Elderly Anne is succumbing to dementia (in a gentle way, so not too confronting) & the truth of her life is on the way to being lost with her memories. Meanwhile her beloved grandson, Luke, is fighting in Afghanistan and losing the last of his illusions about honour & loyalty. The military scenes are far from heroic, but all the more effective for it. Very moving.

BarbaraBB A touching subject 💔 4w
Cathythoughts Lovely review, stacked. ♥️ 3w
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ju.ca.no
A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini
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What a grest book! It was heartbreaking and made me so so thankful for being able to grow up and live in a safe country with basic human (female) rights 🙏🏼 the story follows two woman through their hardships, forced marriages, brutality, loss of rights and wars. 5/5⭐️

Gissy I thought the same when I read this book. So much to do though. Heartbreaking novel 💔 1mo
tpixie A wonderful heart wrenching book 📕💜 1mo
ju.ca.no @Gissy @tpixie oh yes🩷🩷 4w
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Ryles
The Breadwinner Trilogy | Deborah Ellis
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Re-reading this series I read when I was younger.. such a heart wrenching story through so many hardships, but definitely a good read!

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CarolynM
The Illuminations | Andrew O'Hagan
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Too true, I fear ☹️

julesG Guess so. Definitely one of the reasons my son signed up. 2mo
Reggie The guy who does the Talking Scared posits that during the early 2000s every zombie you had to shoot dead in a video game was always a person of color for a reason. 2mo
CarolynM @Reggie I‘m sure he‘s right. It‘s deeply disturbing. 2mo
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CRR
Bookseller of Kabul | Asne Seierstad
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Interesting story of a family in Kabul. I was especially intrigued by the different layers of the family. It was interesting to see a more personal look into daily life in Afghanistan. The book came out in 2002 so it is fairly old now, but I doubt life has changed a whole lot there.

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BarkingMadRead
A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini
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#bookspinbingo books for February. The white spine at bottom left is Evalina

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Michellesibs
The Swallows of Kabul | Yasmina Khadra
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I've read many books focusing and educating us (quite rightly) on the traumas, restrictions and hostilities towards females under the Taliban rule. But what if you are an educated man that wants to hear his wife's laughter? Would love to walk beside her on the streets? Wants to see her face under the glow of the sun?

Here we see two marriages trying to hold onto humanity in a place where pleasure is a sin.

This book packs a punch.

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Gissy
A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini
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#12Booksof2023 May Month @Andrew65

Another month where I didn‘t read much. The tagged was my favorite one.

I also enjoyed Clothes-Pegs and Foul Lady Fortune

Andrew65 A wonderful book. 3mo
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Helenubed
A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini

"Learn this now and learn it well, my daughter: Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman.“

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