'A Thousand Splendid Suns'. One of the best books ever written. This guy 'Khaled Hosseini' has got a gift, a talent to tell stories like these and pull the heart strings at every single word. The style is so simple, so straight forward yet there is something about the words that slip down to your heart with ease. The horrors of the life of Mariam and Laila were not magnified at any point but still the pain, grievances, sadness was felt. There are times when you just want to reach out to Laila and Mariam and help them. The journey through which Laila and Mariam go through makes you feel like a part of them. The story slowly gains speed and emotional power. It is, overall, a story of haunting and heartbreaking times, untimely friendship, destroyed love and dreams. This one is not to be missed