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So,-then.-You-want-a-story-and-I-will-tell-you-one…Afghanistan,-1952.-Abdullah-and-his-sister-Pari-live-with-their-father-and-stepmother-in-the-small-village-of-Shadbagh.-Their-father,-Saboor,-is-constantly-in-search-of-work-and-they-struggle-together-through-poverty-and-brutal-winters.-To-Abdullah,-Pari—as-beautiful-and-sweet-natured-as-the-fairy-for-which-she-was-named—is-everything.-More-like-a-parent-than-a-brother,-Abdullah-will-do-anything-for-her,-even-trading-his-only-pair-of-shoes-for-a-feather-for-her-treasured-collection.-Each-night-they-sleep-together-in-their-cot,-their-heads-touching,-their-limbs-tangled.-One-day-the-siblings-journey-across-the-desert-to-Kabul-with-their-father.-Pari-and-Abdullah-have-no-sense-of-the-fate-that-awaits-them-there,-for-the-event-which-unfolds-will-tear-their-lives-apart;-sometimes-a-finger-must-be-cut-to-save-the-hand.-Crossing-generations-and-continents,-moving-from-Kabul,-to-Paris,-to-San-Francisco,-to-the-Greek-island-of-Tinos,-with-profound-wisdom,-depth,-insight-and-compassion,-Khaled-Hosseini-writes-about-the-bonds-that-define-us-and-shape-our-lives,-the-ways-in-which-we-help-our-loved-ones-in-need,-how-the-choices-we-make-resonate-through-history-and-how-we-are-often-surprised-by-the-people-closest-to-us.
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