A Thousand Splendid Suns/ Khaled Hosseini/ 372 pages

I have been wanting to read this for years, but was so scared by the one "scene" in Kite Runner than it took book club to push me to read it.  And it was worth it.  Fantastic book covering about 30 years of life for women in Afghanistan.  I learned a lot about the life of women and the effects of war on the people.  It was hard to read at times.  There's just so much you don't realize is going on in other countries or you take for granted how lucky you are to be where you are.  The women in this book are amazing and I highly suggest reading it.  Very satisfying read.