Cutting for Stone - Softcover

Verghese, A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594134987 ISBN 13: 9781594134982

Publisher: Large Print Pr, 2011

Synopsis

Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles--and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.

Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother's death 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.

About this title

Review:

`A sweeping saga of family life, love, betrayal and redemption. It's driven by the author's natural storytelling ability.'

Book Description:

An enthralling international epic novel - the unforgettable story of twin brothers born in Ethiopia of the secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a British doctor, and the choices each of them must face as they grow to manhood.

About this edition

• Publisher: Large Print Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1594134987
• ISBN 13: 9781594134982
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 973