. Womens grow and redeemReading of A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS英教151 22号 陆鑫慧Synopsis: The novel is around the friendship between Mariam and Laila. It is split into four parts, with a focus on Mariam in the first part, continuing with Laila in the second, the relationship between the two women in the third part and Lailas life with Tariq in part four, which is also the only part written in the present tense.Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry