A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS: PLOT SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER 51: April 2003

Summary

The drought has ended in Afghanistan. It snowed tremendously the winter before and now it has been raining for days. The Kabul River is flowing once again and Titanic City is washed away. The children play in the rain puddles and Zalmai has the drops flowing off his shaved head, something he had asked for in imitation of Tariq who is now in charge of the babaloo prayers. Her daughter is ten and her son is almost six. They celebrate Aziza’s birthday at the cinema where, at last, Titanic is openly screened for the people of Kabul.

Now every morning, Aziza wakes Laila up at five for morning namaz. Saying the prayers is Aziza’s way of clinging to Mariam who had taught them to her. It is a way to keep time from snatching away Mariam from the garden of her memories, like a weed pulled out by its root. Tariq has found work as a French NGO that fits land mine survivors and amputees with prosthetic limbs. Laila also notices that Aziza’s stutter is going away.

That morning, she and the children gather all ther supplies for school and hed out for the day. As she walks along, Laila is amazed at the changes that have taken place in the city and wishes tha Mammay and Babi could be there to see it. But just as for Mariam, for them, Kabul’s penance has arrived too late. It upsets her too that the warlords have been allowed back into Kabul. They live in posh home and have been appointed to government positions. But Laila decides she will not be crippled by resentment. What good is it? Seems to be the words she hears from Mariam who still visits Laila in...........

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