Book Review: And the Mountains Echoed

Do you ever feel like you need a good cry? Read Khaled Hosseini's book, And the Mountains Echoed. I've read The Kite Runner and recently reviewed A Thousand Splendid Suns and enjoyed both, but this book is something entirely different. It's almost like a collection of short stories all written by friends, relatives, and acquaintances. With each new chapter or story, you begin a new journey and find yourself trying to guess what connection the new character has to those you already know. Each story reveals a new layer of complexity and adds meaning to each life.

Reading this book will help you realize that your life right now matters, and your decisions will greatly influence generations to come.

OK, full disclosure, I didn't cry reading this book, but I did tear up several times. If you are a parent reading this book and you don't cry, you're not human.

It's thought-provoking. It's educational (yes, fiction can be). Most of all, it's difficult to summarize without spoiling; so, I won't. Grade: A