The Kite Runner

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 with a startling heroism.