A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS: PRINTABLE STUDY GUIDE

CHAPTER 24

Summary

What Laila despises the most about war coming to Kabul is the whistling sound just before a rocket hits. It often happens at dinner and as soon as it hits and they know they are safe, Babi and Laila rush outside to see who has been buried under rubble and smoke. At night when she lays in bed, Laila watches the flares, listens to the rattling of the automatic gunfire, and counts the rockets. Some nights, sleep never comes and if it does, she dreams of fire and detached limbs and the moaning of the wounded. Morning brings no relief except when the Mujahideen lay down their guns and...........

Notes

This chapter shows the horror of the war that has come to Kabul. Laila experiences everything from the whistle of rockets to..........

CHAPTER 25

Summary

Laila is talking with Tariq in her living room, but she feels like she is made of cement. She can picture her life as a rotted rope, snapping, unraveling, the fibers detaching, falling away. It is August, 1992, and Babi has taken Mammy to a doctor, but Laila cannot even think of that. Instead, all she hears are Tariq’s words: he and his family are going away to escape the war, because his father’s heart can’t take the killing and dying anymore. They are leaving the next day, and even though Tariq has known for awhile, he hasn’t told Laila until this moment, because he knew..........

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This is one of the most touching chapters of the book. Tariq is leaving and in their agony of knowing they are now to...........

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