To me this is Khaled Hosseini's best work than his KITE RUNNER. In Kite Runner the story was about the relationship between two boys/men and in this novel it is a story about relationship between two women. Alongside the story one gets to know the social customs prevalent in Taliban infected Afghanistan and specially about the status of women in Afghan society. To me it was a story of one convinced woman against the entire society. Read the novel and you will never forget the name Miriam. However hard-hearted you are, the end pages will move you. I loved the way Miriam faced her end without complaint and with total conviction of her being right.