And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini | Conversation StartersAnd the Mountains Echoed is a book about war and its long-term, widely-felt effects. It shows how circumstances can affect the lives of people who are unaware of how their lives and futures will be shaped by events that take place far away from them.Abdullah and Pari live in a small village in Afghanistan and when food gets scarce, Pari is sold off to a wealthy woman. This leads to a chain of events that affects people in far-flung areas such as Afghanistan, France, Greece, and America. And the Mountains Echoed is, at its core, a heart-wrenching story about families that are dealing with tough circumstances and having to make tough choices...A Brief Look Inside:EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to bring us beneath the surface of the page and invite us into the world that lives on.These questions can be used to..Create Hours of Conversation:• Foster a deeper understanding of the book• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before