Monday, March 15, 2010

April's Meeting

We will be meeting at Anna Shirley's house on Wednesday, April 14th, at 8:00 PM to discuss A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

In May, we will be reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett.

Here's a synopsis of A Thousand Splendid Suns:
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years, from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding, that puts the violence, fear, hope and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives, the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness, are inextricable from the history playing out around them.Propelled by the same storytelling instinct that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once a remarkable chronicle of three decades of Afghan history and a deeply moving account of family and friendship. It is a striking, heartwrenching novel of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love, a stunning accomplishment.

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