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15歲的私生女瑪黎安，與母親相依為命住在山區簡陋的小屋，最大的心願就是和父親一起看電影過生日，沒想到卻導致母親自殺，更讓自己被迫嫁給一位40歲的鰥夫鞋商。20年後，出身中產家庭、受過良好教養的15歲少女萊拉，在戰火中失去所有的親人，為求生存，不得不也選擇嫁給瑪黎安性情乖戾的丈夫。
瑪黎安與萊拉儘管相差了19歲，對於愛和家庭的概念大不相同，但兩人的命運卻因為戰爭、喪親而交纏在一起。在共同歷經了丈夫的凌虐之後，她們不但情同姊妹，甚至更如同母女般相互依存，最後還扭轉了自己的人生道路。
作者以感人至深的力道，描繪了阿富汗女性在砲火、飢餓、暴虐與恐懼之下，如何絕望地忍受煎熬苦難，與命運搏鬥，以及她們如何憑藉著對家庭的愛，勇敢地犧牲自我，而最終，也是愛，或者說，是對愛的記憶，支撐倖存者勇敢活下去。
這是一個讓人難以忘懷、心碎的故事，關於一個殘酷的年代、一段不可能的友誼和永遠無法毀滅的愛。
而儘管生命充滿苦痛與辛酸，但每一段悲痛的故事中都能讓人見到微弱的希望曙光。
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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.
Amazing book. I cannot stress how heart wrenching it was thought. I feel like it was part traumaporn, but in a way, it portrayed the life that real people lived. And it made me so much more grateful and aware of what is happening around me. I don't usually like when men write about women, but this was an exception.