{"product_id":"cutting-for-stone-9780375714368","title":"Cutting for Stone","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Covenant of Water\u003c\/i\u003e A beautifully written, page-turning family saga of \u003cb\u003eEthiopia \u003c\/b\u003eand America, doctors and patients, exile and home. \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\"Filled with mystical scenes and deeply felt characters.... Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist.\" --\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, \u003ci\u003eCutting for Stone\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles--and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis sweeping, emotionally riveting novel that \"shows how history and landscape and accidents of birth conspire to create the story of a single life\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abraham Verghese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375714368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/24\/2010 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbraham Verghese\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Vice Chair for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The founding director of the Center for Medical Humanities \u0026amp; Ethics at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, he is the author of\u003ci\u003e My Own Country, \u003c\/i\u003e a 1994 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist and a\u003ci\u003e Time\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year; \u003ci\u003eThe Tennis Partner, \u003c\/i\u003e a\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book; and, most recently, the critically acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eCutting for Stone, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a national bestseller. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, his essays and short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003eNew York Times, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003eAtlantic Monthly, Esquire, Granta, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. In 2016 Verghese received a National Humanities Medal from President Obama. He lives in Palo Alto, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44852981072086,"sku":"9780375714368","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/products\/img_fc216575-a17f-42b3-ba48-b1311de4ffcf.jpg?v=1704848899","url":"https:\/\/bookclubonmain.com\/products\/cutting-for-stone-9780375714368","provider":"Book Club On Main","version":"1.0","type":"link"}