From the no. 1 bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid
Suns, the book that readers everywhere have been waiting for: his first novel in
six years.
So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one...andnbsp;
Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pad live with their father and
step-mother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is
constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and
brutal winters. To Adbullah, Pad, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy
for which she was named, is everything. More like a parent than a brother,
Abdullah will do anything for