Home | Where Are We | Churches | Chapels | Local Amenities | Schools | Doctors | Parish Council | Photo Album TheVillage Quilt | Food & Drink | Accommodation | View / Sign Guestbook | Links | Estate Agents Local Businesses | Notice Board | 100 Years of Change Millennium Book | Lost Friends F.O.E.S. Edlesborough WI "a modern voice for women" | St. Mary's Carnival 2001 Edlesborough Book Group "When I READ a good book I wish that LIFE were three thousand years long." Ralph Waldo Emerson Ten members get together on the third Wednesday evening of each month to discuss a chosen book. Our meetings are lively, entertaining and fun, as vastly differing opinions are exchanged over a glass of wine. Edlesborough Book Group Review A Thousands Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini Published by Bloomsbury. "Kneel here, hamshira. And look down. One last time Mariam did as she was told.." As I write this "A Thousand Splendid Suns" is on top of the best seller charts and I am sure many of you remember this quotation, I know I will. Mariam is an harami, an illegitimate child who only sees her adored father once a week. On those precious days they go fishing, he reads to her and gives her beautiful presents but she can never live with him. Her mother hangs herself, she, Mariam, has an arranged marriage and disappoints her husband, Rasheed by bearing a daughter. Rasheed takes another wife. Out of this unhappy household the two women form a strong bond which will endure beyond death. Reading this novel we all felt how fortunate we were not to have been born in Afghanistan and endure life under Taliban rule. The book moved a few of us to tears and overall we concluded it was a wonderful novel, however one of us thought Afghanistan was not brought to life as they had hoped. There is much affection for the country among the characters, but you could feel a little cut off from the sights and smells and atmosphere. This book is an unforgettable portrait of a country in conflict and a deeply moving story of family and friendship. Highly recommended. Previous Reviews Can be Read HERE For information please contact: - Angela Feaviour (Telephone 01525 221780)