And the mountains echoed /

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by Hosseini, Khaled.
[ 02. English Fiction ] Published by : Viking, (Toronto :) Physical details: 404 p. ; 25 cm. Subject(s): Families --Fiction. | Interpersonal relations --Fiction. | Brothers and sisters --Fiction. | Community life --Fiction. | Afghanistan --Fiction. | Domestic fiction --2013. | Historical fiction --2013. Year : 2013 02. English Fiction Item type : 02. English Fiction
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Stonepark Intermediate School fiction F HOS Available

Presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another, and how choices resonate through subsequent generations. Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and step-mother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Adbullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named, is everything.