A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
This novel takes place the last 30 years in Afghanistan. It is the story of two generations of characters brought together by the tragic sweep of the war. I knew that life was very hard for women especially but this really shows it and I believe the author is not making up the types of things that go on. I guess you would probably call this book a downer but it ends up happily and I think well worth reading. The author also wrote the Kite Runner. I think it was Bohl who alerted us to this book. Thanks Bohl.