For this year’s A-Z Challenge, I have
chosen to highlight authors and their books,
that we, in our book club, have read, as a group, separately or have been recommended
by someone in our facebook, Book Club, ‘What to Read Next?’
So, 'V' is for Verghese, Abraham - Cutting for Stone
From Amazon:
A sweeping, emotionally riveting first novel — an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, doctors and patients, exile and home.
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon at a mission hospital in Addis Ababa. Orphaned by their mother’s death in childbirth and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Yet it will be love, not politics — their passion for the same woman — that will tear them apart and force Marion, fresh out of medical school, to flee his homeland. He makes his way to America, finding refuge in his work as an intern at an underfunded, overcrowded New York City hospital. When the past catches up to him — nearly destroying him — Marion must entrust his life to the two men he thought he trusted least in the world: the surgeon father who abandoned him and the brother who betrayed him.
An unforgettable journey into one man’s remarkable life, and an epic story about the power, intimacy, and curious beauty of the work of healing others.
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon at a mission hospital in Addis Ababa. Orphaned by their mother’s death in childbirth and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Yet it will be love, not politics — their passion for the same woman — that will tear them apart and force Marion, fresh out of medical school, to flee his homeland. He makes his way to America, finding refuge in his work as an intern at an underfunded, overcrowded New York City hospital. When the past catches up to him — nearly destroying him — Marion must entrust his life to the two men he thought he trusted least in the world: the surgeon father who abandoned him and the brother who betrayed him.
An unforgettable journey into one man’s remarkable life, and an epic story about the power, intimacy, and curious beauty of the work of healing others.
There was a lot of lively discussion surrounding this sweeping novel as it wound it's way from one period of time and continent to another, then, into our hearts as we journeyed with the twins until they found each other and their birth father once again.
If you'd like to
check out or join our facebook, book club, please, select the link, What to Read Next?
That sounds like a really interesting read. Very intense!
ReplyDeleteIt was really good book, Danica. I'm glad we rad it in our book club.
DeleteThis is a fascinating take on this challenge - I wish I had seen you earlier! I'm going to try & get caught up on your posts a little later.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lynda for your kind words. Did you notice you can join our on-line book club, What to Read next? at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/33564701691/
DeleteAll the books are listed there, too, but without the descriptions, of course.
Quite ascinating, it goes on the list!
ReplyDeleteThanks Claudia, it was indeed a worthwhile selection.
DeleteWhen I first started reading this book I wasn't sure I would like it but I became totally wrapped up in the story and hates to see it end!!
ReplyDeleteIt did take a bit to get into, but was great read.
DeleteAlthough this was not a "fan favorite" I really enjoyed it. It crossed oceans and generations. Super choice for V....4 days to go!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your positive comments. Yeah...4 days to go.
DeleteI listened to this particular book, which was a labor of love for many hours. I loved this story so much. Glad to see others appreciated it as well.
ReplyDeleteSiouxsiesMusings
I think it would have been very interesting to listen to it rather than to read it. I've never done that yet, but might soon. Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see you join our book club.
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