Book at Bedtime - A Thousand Splendid Suns
Seeta Indrani reads from Khaled Hosseini's eagerly awaited second novel
Book at Bedtime - A Thousand Splendid Suns - Episode 1
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. 1/10: Two women, whose lives collide under the brutal Taliban regime, develop an unlikely friendship. Read by Seeta Indrani.
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Book at Bedtime - A Thousand Splendid Suns - Episode 10
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. 10/10: Laila and Tariq have escaped to Pakistan. Laila realises that the life she once dreamt of has been achieved at too high a price.
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Book at Bedtime - A Thousand Splendid Suns - Episode 2
A Thousand Splendid Suns: By Khaled Hosseini. 2/10: After her mother's death, Mariam is taken to stay at her father's house. The reality is far from the existence she had imagined.
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Book at Bedtime - A Thousand Splendid Suns - Episode 3
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. 3/10: Fifteen-year-old Mariam, forcibly married to a shoemaker 30 years her senior, begins her new life 650 miles from home.
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Book at Bedtime - A Thousand Splendid Suns - Episode 4
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. 4/10: Nine-year-old Laila is pining for her playmate Tariq, who has gone to stay with his uncle. Her mother pines for her sons.
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Book at Bedtime - A Thousand Splendid Suns - Episode 5
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. 5/10: Soviet troops leave Kabul and the Mujahideen prepare to leave the mountains. Laila's heart is filled only with thoughts of Tariq.
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Book at Bedtime - A Thousand Splendid Suns - Episode 6
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. 6/10: Laila's house is destroyed in a rocket attack and both her parents are killed. Rasheed brings her home to be cared for by Mariam.
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Book at Bedtime - A Thousand Splendid Suns - Episode 7
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. 7/10: After the pain of having to share her husband with Laila, Mariam is devastated to discover the girl is pregnant.
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Book at Bedtime - A Thousand Splendid Suns - Episode 8
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. 8/10: As the Taliban take over Kabul, Laila is relieved that her father is no longer alive to witness the devastation.
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Book at Bedtime - A Thousand Splendid Suns - Episode 9
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. 9/10: As poverty spreads throughout Kabul, Laila has been forced by Tariq to take her daughter to an orphanage.
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