At the beginning of the summer, I asked all of you out there for your book recommendations and I have been reading through some of them as I sit by the pool. My old college roommate Hannah and well as our pastor recommended Kite Runner by Afghanistani-American Khaled Hosseini. The story is narrated by Amir, who now as a grown adult in America, relives his childhood in Afghanistan. You can get a full description of the book here.
As I read the book, I had a hard time imagining Afghanistan the way he described it because of it's current events and the way the news as shaped my viewpoint. It's hard to believe a time when the land wasn't wore-torn and the people weren't being killed on the street daily. I believe it truly opened my hearts for this people group and the many victims of this war. Many times we only think of OUR soldiers who are over there but we forget about the average Afghan people. This book put a face to these people like I had never thought before. I literally cried as I read many of the scenes. I thoroughly recommend this book but warn that not all scenes are easy to read! I am excited to get Hosseneini's 2nd book..A Thousand Splendid Suns. Anyone have it?
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Thanks for sharing - it sounds like a really good book. I'm going to have to try to get my hands on it. Let me know if there's other you recommend too.
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