{"product_id":"a-thousand-splendid-suns-9781594489501","title":"A Thousand Splendid Suns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePropelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made \u003ci\u003eThe Kite Runner\u003c\/i\u003e a beloved classic, \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Splendid Suns\u003c\/i\u003e is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter 103 weeks on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list and with four million copies of\u003ci\u003eThe Kite Runner\u003c\/i\u003e shipped, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul-they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stunning accomplishment, \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Splendid Suns\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting, heartbreaking, compelling story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594489501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.40w x 1.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Tayshas Reading - Commended\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2007 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2007 pg. 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2007 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2007 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2007 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/28\/2007 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/25\/2007 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest of Book Sense\/First 5 Yrs\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2007 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/24\/2007 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/31\/2007 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/28\/2007 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/25\/2008 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Editors Choice\/Adult\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2008 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2008 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eALA Best Books Young Adults\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2008 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e117933 \/ Thousand Splendid Suns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.4 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 16\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Khaled Hosseini","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661085569180,"sku":"9781594489501","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6499adbb-4513-4e4d-9e59-3493d460ffed.jpg?v=1603898573","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-thousand-splendid-suns-9781594489501","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}