And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

What a beautiful story that in a way comes full circle from beginning to end.  At first it was a bit hard for me to follow, I could not see how things were connected.  What he did do was paint pictures for you that were so vivid and amazing you just had to keep on reading.  He has a way of almost quietly telling you something without you really sensing it until it has passed you by.  The emotion and tenuous relationships we have with others and ourselves comes out through the whole book.  What we can hang onto and let go of, how it affects our own lives and the lives of others can be staggering and so often we do not realize until it is too late.  A beautiful story written in a very difficult part of the world yet filled with emotion and depth can be translated to anywhere.