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: An illegitimate teenager from Herat who is forced into a marriage with Rasheed, a much older shoemaker in Kabul.

: The novel is often described as a tribute to the endurance of Afghan women under systemic oppression and domestic violence.

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: Born a generation later into a more progressive family, Laila's life is upended by the Afghan civil war, leading her to also marry Rasheed.