Week 3 Post B

Dear, Khaled Hosseini:

Your novel "A Thousand Splendid Suns" has been great so far. In fact, the only reason I put the book down, was because I finished Part II. I can't belive how hard life can be for some young afghan girls, in Mariam's situation. I wouldn't know how to deal with that. Losing your mom, finding out the person you most admire has betrayed you, losing your best friend and the only person you can trust and being forced to marry a person three times your age, when your only 15. I can't belive this actually happens in real life. The saddest part is that Mariam doesn't deserve any of this, all of this misfortune happened to her not because of anything she did. I really hope that conditions improve during part two.

I know that you grew up in Afghanistan, did you see this happen a lot? When did you move to the U.S.? Did you have to participate in a fixed marriage? I would ask you all these questions if I had a chance to interview you, which would be quite fascinating.