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CHAPTER 28: Laila

Summary

Abdul Sharif is a thin, small-headed man who is just recovering from a sickness. He explains that he owns clothing stores and that he has moved his family from Afghnaistan to Peshawar, Pakistan. He moves back and forth between the two countries. However, the last time he was supposed to return to Afghanistan, he became ill with blood poisoning and had to be hospitalized in Pakistan. He was placed in a ward for extremely ill patients and in the bed next to him was a young man named Mohammad Tariq Walizai, the name that..........

Notes

The story of Tariq’s death is a huge tragedy added to Laila’s loss of her parents. It is overwhelmingly sad even for.........


CHAPTER 29: Mariam

Summary

Rasheed becomes overly solicitous to Laila even as his impatience with Mariam continues. For years, she has looked on as he ate, bringing him what he grunts for, watching him use his fingers to eat and never passing anything but criticism or judgment. Now he eats with a spoon. He uses a napkin, and he says loftan when asking for water. And he.........

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The tragedy just continues to escalate for Laila and Mariam. Mariam has lived all these years with this cruel man, and now he..........


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