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Druhá kniha a světový bestseler Khaleda Hosseiniho přináší příběh dvou žen, jejich zamotaných, dramatických a více či méně tragických životů na pozadí válečných konfliktů v Afghánistánu. Z jejich počáteční nedůvěry se postupně stává láska na život a na smrt.

Marjam je harámí, dítě hříchu, která celý život hledá vztah, který by jí poskytl pocit lásky a bezpečí. Vyrůstá se zatrpklou matkou, zbožňovaný „návštěvní“ otec ji nakonec zradí a provdá za Rašída, muže o třicet let staršího, který se čím dál víc...

THE RICHARD & JUDY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER `A suspenseful epic' Daily Telegraph `A triumph' Financial Times `Heartbreaking' Mail on Sunday `Deeply moving' Sunday Times Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles...

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER `Devastating' Daily Telegraph `Heartbreaking' The Times `Unforgettable' Isabel Allende `Haunting' Independent Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new...