Books to read
星期五 八月 20, 2010 1:30 pm
A Thousand Splendid Sun by khaled hosseini ( the author for The Kite Runner)
Last week I got this book from our book club and I liked it right away. It tells sad stories about two women in Afghan during the wars and Taliban times.
It stunned me that how deeply sorrowful the male author wrote towards his feeling about women. The world was closed up in that corner for women even today. I wonder how I could survive if I t were me.
I recommend this book since after reading, we would be more grateful for our own peaceful life.
Another book I just finished was "The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder" which I found it more talelike story.
In the story, Calla is a sweet and optimistic girl who has healing hands and wants to be like her mom (a beautician) using hands to heal others. It is a more romatic story though the girl encounters tough times when she loses her mom by breast cancer and her lovers.
These two books are in different styles and unique tones. But both open our heart and make us think.