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Pía Grassi piagrassi — This is one of my favorite books. Edith Wharton is an amazing writer and her works do not seem dated. The characters choices were frustrating to me, but that's just how some things go.

Cristina Fantini cristinafantini — Khaled Hosseini has done a beautiful job of portraying the different stages Afghanistan and its people went through. In this historical finction the lives of women and the torture they face are all real things that happened in that time period. Most women are not that fortunate like Laila. The images of Kabul took me to the familiar images portrayed in our old family albums, because I was about two when we fled the country. Still, I felt homesick, even though the U.S. is the only home I have ever known. The beautiful farsi words used in the book, the familiar famous poets and singers mentioned and the routine of cultural practices that still exist among various Afghans in the community were very comforting and familiar. The amazing spirit of Mariam left me in tears, as I obssessively read the book... yet each time I closed the book I remembered the image of Nana hanging from a tree. I was haunted by that image. Mariam's story begins in a small town just outside of Herat where she grows up in seclusion as a "bastard" born out of wedlock to a rich man named Jalil and his servant Nana in 1959. So begins the ill faith of Mariam. Laila is born 15 years later, in Kabul, across the street from where Mariam has ended up, married to an abusive man in his mid-40's, named Rasheed. Laila is born to a father who was a professor and both of her parents are well educated and "modern" for that era. Laila has a best friend named Tariq who is two years older and they have known eachother all of Laila's life. Laila's mother, Mammy, also suffers from depression, because her two sons have gone to war leaving her neglectful to her daughter. Soon the horrors of war reaches Laila's happy life, leaving her completely alone. Mariam and Laila's life binds together by unfortunate circumstances, and they both find friendship and love in eachother as they fight their daily battles together. Mariam and Laila's story represents the many stories of women in Afghanistan, facing unbelieveable tortures in society during the war. I am very hopeful for the future of Afghanistan as I hear that women's rights are being enforced. I hear of women freely walking on the streets, going to school and working without being forced to cover. While women are being educated about their freedom, I hope that men, too, will be educated about being civil in their homes. Maybe domestic abuse will become a thing of the past too someday. (I tried not to have any spoilers.)