A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (May contain spoilers) Summary: Mariam was only 15 years old Afghani girl when her 3 step mothers forced her to marry a 45 years old man and go and live with him in Kabul miles away from her birth place, Herat. With her mother's suicide and her father's lack of care she decided to marry Rasheed hoping that her life will take a better turn but it didn't. Mariam had miscarriages that disabled her to carry in the future and that what made her husband Rasheed abusive and hateful to her. Years passed by till the Soviet Union retreated from Afghanistan and the Taliban took over with their demolished rules: women must not walk by themselves at any time or else they will get beaten up, women must not put on make up or nail polish or wear high heels or else they will get beaten up, women must not laugh or speak in a high voice or else they will get beaten up and on and on of many strict rules that are effe...