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Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
I just finished reading this novel and can't wait to talk to someone about it. It is amazing! As I read further and further I gave up more and more of my daily life just so that I could turn the pages faster as I rushed to the end. Looking back, I can see the complexity, but it didn't feel complex in the reading because everything is neatly interconnected and resolved.
The story concerns a pair of conjoined twins who were born in Ethiopia. Their father was a locally renowned surgeon and their mother was a nursing sister, a nun. No one knew of the pregnancy, not even the father, who fled the scene when the mother died. The boys were adopted by others in the medical community. That sounds so simplistic! So much else is going on - the relationship of the brothers, the relationships of everyone else living in the household including the hired staff. There's a political uprising. There are medical procedures under development. There is the flight from Ethiopia to the United States - and that's as much as I'm going to divulge.
It's a great book - enjoy!
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Does it have a good ending? I really hate reading a book and having a bad ending. I figure there is enough bad stuff in the world; at least when spending time reading I want some happiness.
ReplyDeleteEverything resolves in the end, I'll put it that way. I really liked it. - Barbara
ReplyDeleteAargh, that means I have to try it to see!
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