The book selection for May will be A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner. 
 
 

It is a story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan’s last thirty years—from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding—that puts the violence, fear, hope, and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives—the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness—are inextricable from the history playing out around them. Hosseini’s bewitching narrative captures the intimate details of life in a world where it is a struggle to survive, skillfully inserting this human story into the larger backdrop of recent history.

If you would like to join us for a discussion of this book, please RSVP to Berkeley Meigs. We will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, at Berkeley’s home. Attendees will contribute $2 to cover the cost of wine, nuts, coffee and tea.