6th Form & Staff Reading Group
103 weeks on the New York Times BESTSELLER list The Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year 2008 Sainbury’s Popular Fiction Award 2008 Independent Booksellers' Book of the Year Award: Adults 2009
Khaled Hosseini was born in Afghanistan. The author of another debut book, Kite Runner.
Two Afghanistan women, Miriam and Laila, met in the war times. They were oppressed and abused. The issues of class, religion, sexual roles, child rearing, work, education, and community were raised