I could directly interpret it as a book about love. but Judith mcnaught beautifully highlights societal misconceptions about wealth , hard work and  status. this book had me in tears.. she tells a story about a woman named Meredith  Bancroft who grows up in a wealthy  but dysfunctional family, with her mother absent from her life... her father raises her the best way that he could. At the age of 18 she crosses paths with a man named matt Farrell who is nothing close to her type, he has no money or status only hard work and big dreams. he  later becomes very important to her(husband) . Their story unfolds as the two get into a convenient marriage, are forced into divorcing and are separated from each other for years. destiny always has its ways and it surely did for these two.

This story melted my heart in so many ways. it is a story set in Afghanistan during times of war, it tells the story of two women Mariam and Laila. though they are brought up quit differently. Mariam is born a harami, she grows up  knowing very little about her father  and lives a very unfortunate life due to this fact. her mother later on kills herself due to the fact that Mariam leaves in search of her fathers home in the city. she then joins her father, finds out about his many wives and is forced into an arranged marriage with an old man. Her life goes from bad to worse .

Laila is born in a home with both parents raising her, even though her parents are constantly at par with each other she has a very happy childhood and Khaled shares her beautiful love story with Tariq who later on flees the city  due to war in search of a better place for his family. Laila also has a share of misfortune as she losses everyone she has ever loved in a bombing and winds up living with Mariam and marrying her over age husband rashid. their lives are a symbol of both strength and love and it is a thrill to read about them.

This is a Zambian book written by Michael Mulilo. it is one of my favorite books because of  how well he presents this political satire. Mulilo introduces us to a scholar who lives in a poorly country were the cost of living is high and education almost counts for nothing. in frustration, the scholar who is now a teacher at a small school  and is earning close to nothing writes a letter to the editor that dismisses their current leadership and the choices they make on behalf of their nation. He calls them selfish and many other demeaning words. this sparks an uproar, as everyone in the country reads the letter and a series of controversial invents begin to take place.

This  is a well thought of book and it brings up plenty of questions on leadership.