To summarise, Mariam and Laila’s relationship with life, a war-torn country and its travesties, and the hard-hitting manner in which they fight them while honouring the faith they believe in will cause you to pause and reflect on the complexities of life. Khalid Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns shatter me into 1000 pieces, but I love being torn and rebounding every time I read it.