Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul
to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a
friendship grows between Mariam and a local
teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between
mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over,
life becomes a desperate struggle against
starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can
move a person to act in unexpected ways, and
lead them to overcome the most daunting
obstacles with a startling heroism.