All the praise and love for this book is merited but what left me wanting more was to know Zalmais life. This is the evil Rasheeds real son and it is clear Aziza will be amazing woman like her mom. But Zalmai as a baby and toddler shows his dads temperament and resisrs Tariq . He knows something happened to his dad and his mother lies to him. So Would he become a decent man or a monster like his dad? The one miniscule flaw of a great novel, just cant help wondering what zalmai becomes . A book about him would be mesmerizing especially with the real events that occurred in afghanistan post 2010
by maalbi