{"id":828,"date":"2016-03-18T21:29:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T01:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/?p=828"},"modified":"2016-03-18T21:29:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T01:29:06","slug":"khaled-hosseini-a-thousand-splendid-suns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/18\/khaled-hosseini-a-thousand-splendid-suns\/","title":{"rendered":"Khaled Hosseini &#8220;A Thousand Splendid Suns&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/1\/10\/A_Thousand_Splendid_Suns.gif\/220px-A_Thousand_Splendid_Suns.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"338\" \/> I finally, finally finished this lovely book. Man, do I ever need to get back into the habit of reading before bed, I am really missing this, and it definitely has played a toll on my sleep.<\/p>\n<p><em>A Thousand Splendid Suns<\/em> puts life into perspective, and was a lovely read over the lives of strong women. The book looks at the lives of two women, Mariam and Laila, and how their lives become intersected through Laila&#8217;s marriage with Mariam&#8217;s husband Rasheed.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a mother-daughter story, and the strength these women endure during a period of great turmoil and transformation within Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-828\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/18\/khaled-hosseini-a-thousand-splendid-suns\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-828\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/18\/khaled-hosseini-a-thousand-splendid-suns\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/18\/khaled-hosseini-a-thousand-splendid-suns\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally, finally finished this lovely book. Man, do I ever need to get back into the habit of reading before bed, I am really missing this, and it definitely has played a toll on my sleep. A Thousand Splendid Suns puts life into perspective, and was a lovely read over the lives of strong&hellip;<a href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/18\/khaled-hosseini-a-thousand-splendid-suns\/\" class=\"button\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Khaled Hosseini &#8220;A Thousand Splendid Suns&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-828\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/18\/khaled-hosseini-a-thousand-splendid-suns\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-828\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/18\/khaled-hosseini-a-thousand-splendid-suns\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/18\/khaled-hosseini-a-thousand-splendid-suns\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[53,4],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p69hvu-dm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":187,"url":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/10\/20-for-20\/","url_meta":{"origin":828,"position":0},"title":"20 FOR 20","date":"May 10, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Two years ago, I decided to create a challenge for myself entitled \"20 FOR 20.\" Twenty novels in which I would complete in my twenties. 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