Mariam's Empowerment In A Thousand Splendid Suns

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A thousand Splendid Suns is such great book for people who looking for such uprising beautiful story that deals with sorrow and story that comes together in such an empowerment move for woman out there who deals with these struggles and how this story touched my heart and how amazing these brave woman dealt with everyday and that even the tiniest abusement and torture made them stronger even more. This Story is about a girl named Mariam, grows up outside Herat, a small city in Afghanistan. Once Mariam's mother has died, and her unfeeling father has married her off to an acquaintance from Kabul. Despite the trauma of going to live with a complete stranger who insists that she must wear the burka and hide upstairs when visitors arrive,

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