A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS: ONLINE PLOT SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER 50

Summary

For Laila, life in Murree is one of comfort and tranquility. It is a good life, a life to thankful for. Then, one night in July 2002, she and Tariq are talking, as they lay in bed, about all the changes back home. The Taliban has been driven out of every major city and across the border into Pakistan. An international peacekeeping force has been sent into Afghanistan and the country has a new interim president, Hamid Karzai. Laila decides it’s time to tell Tariq. She has become restless to return to Kabul where she hears about all the new building being done and the women returning to work. She remembers Babi saying, “When this war is over, Afghanistan is going to need you.” There is now a part of her that wants to return to the city of her birth for Mammy and Babi, for them to see it through her eyes. She also asks herself if Mariam had died so she could be a maid in a foreign land. “Maybe it wouldn’t matter to Mariam what Laila did as long as she and the children were safe and happy. But it matters to Laila. Suddenly, it matters very much.” She tells her husband she wants to go back. For a moment Tariq smiles and his brow clears and he looks the old Tariq once again. It may be her imagination, but Laila believes there are more frequent sightings of this old Tariq. He says, “Let’s go home.” She kisses him with both relief and deep love. Then, she tells him that she wants to go to Herat first.

The children need reassuring first. Aziza trembles at the thought, and her agitation must be calmed. She tells Aziza the Taliban won’t be there anymore and that helps her come to terms with returning home. Zalmai is upset at leaving the goat, Alyona. Until he is promised a new goat when they find a place to live, he won’t let go of the..........

Notes

This chapter is all about self-recrimination and regret. Laila feels she must return home or the deaths of her parents and Mariam will have been for.........

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