A Thousand Splendid Suns Mike Lawson Cixi was chosen as one

Cixi was chosen as one of the emperor’s numerous concubines

From the creators of the Left Behind series—Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins—comes a truly astonishing book

He cultivated an air of mystery

The facts behind the concepts that are stressed in this book have been drawn from ecology

and stole women's undergarments

A Thousand Splendid Suns Mike Lawson Cixi was chosen as oneMariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who is thirty years her senior. Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen year old Laila, who must leave her home and join Mariam's unhappy household. Laila and Mariam are to find consolation in each other, their friendship to grow as deep as the bond between sisters, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. With