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Laila becomes a teacher at the orphanage from "A Thousand Splendid Suns". Back in Kabul, Laila and Tariq help rebuild the orphanage where Aziza once lived.

spring 2003, after returning to Kabul

Laila becomes a teacher at the orphanage

Back in Kabul, Laila and Tariq help rebuild the orphanage where Aziza once lived. Laila becomes a teacher there, finding purpose and fulfillment in educating the children. She is pregnant again, and if it is a girl, she plans to name her Mariam. The novel ends with Laila in the classroom, feeling Mariam's presence in the sunlight and the children's laughter.