I just finished ATSS this morning and it totally destroyed me. I’d read enough from others that I was aware of this going into it. Obviously, there were many shocking parts and horrible tragedy after tragedy…..
but one small detail that made me sob like none other was when Laila opened the box from Jalil to Mariam at the end of the story when she visits Herat. When she found the tape of Pinocchio and couldn’t understand the purpose of it.
I nearly flung myself off of my couch in tears. To think of Mariam’s entire childhood, her whole LIFE, just ripped away from her…. It is just so unfairly cruel. Even though this was such a heartbreaking read, I am thankful for the perspective it has given me as a westerner. I need more like stories like this!!!
If you have read this book, what smaller details did you find most compelling?
by LexTheSouthern