A gripping read and a haunting story of love, loss and betrayal. Guaranteed to move even the hardest heart

Independent

Shattering … devastating and inspiring

Observer

Hosseini is a truly gifted teller of tales … he's not afraid to pull every string in your heart to make it sing

The Times

Rings true with tenderness and truth

Daily Mail

A devastating, masterful and painfully honest story of a life crippled by an act of childhood and cowardice and cruelty … It speaks the harrowing truth about the power of evil, personal and political, and intoxicates, like a high-flying kite, with the power of hope

Daily Telegraph

Stunning and heartbreaking in its quiet intensity

Guardian