Us folks that call central Alberta home have been VERY spoiled so far this winter! However this week it seems that we are finally paying some of our northern dues. Today and for the rest of the week we are being blasted with -30 (Celsius) temperatures.
When it is this cold you just want to curl up with a good book.
So I thought what better time to throw a review your way???
Yet another book I know I would have never read. This is why I love my list!!
I really enjoyed this novel. I loved the story and the way the characters were developed. Many parts were heartbreaking and hard to read, but still……
I will include a few of my favourite quotes to give you an idea of the tone of this book.
"I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975. I remember the precise moment, crouching behind a crumbling mud wall, peeking into the alley near the frozen creek. That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years."
“I firmly believed that if I had picked up a rifle and gone on a murdering rampage, I would have still had the benefit of her unblinking love. Because I have rid her heart of its greatest malady. I had relieved her of the greatest fear of every Afghan mother: that no honorable khastegar would ask for her daughter’s hand. That her daughter would age alone, husband-less, childless. Every woman needed a husband. Even if he did silence the song in her.”
"Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors."
It is set in Afghanistan and portrays much of that culture – I know very little about this end of the world and can’t attest to the accuracy of the information, none the less I found it interesting.
I have never seen the movie based on this book and am not sure I really want to. Have any of you seen it? Did you like it?
If you haven’t read this book, I recommend that you do. It is not a “feel good” story, but it is still extremely enthralling.
Hey Jamie!! I loved this book, even after resisting it after all the hype. It WAS enthralling. I have not seen the movie, and think I will skip it. I usually like the books better anyway.
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