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Cutting for Stone: A novel Abraham Verghese
Publisher: Knopf

For example, how do you summarize a story about conjoined twins, born in Ethiopia, to a nun (who dies) and a British surgeon (who runs away)? I heard about this book while cruising the Kindle bestseller's list and since I usually enjoy novels about India and Africa (for the most part), I decided to take the plunge. €�Cutting for Stone” is his first novel. Since the main characters in the book are surgeons, or become surgeons, one of the references is to the phrase in the Hippocratic Oath above. Feb 9, 2012 - The director has signed on to an adapation of the massive (over 600 pages), best-selling (1 million copies worldwide) tome "Cutting For Stone" by Abraham Verghese. Jul 21, 2011 - Book Club: "Cutting for Stone". Oct 5, 2012 - Abraham Verghese MD, a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, received an honorary degree at Upstate Medical University's School of Medicine graduation this year. Sep 2, 2012 - Abraham Verghese debut novel Cutting for Stone is a family saga that spans 50 years and takes the readers across 4 continents of Asia, Africa, America and Europe. Jun 24, 2011 - How Did I Hear About This Book? Although we all enjoyed the book, several of us were bothered by what we perceived as a passive protagonist and felt the story dragged in many places. Oct 30, 2008 - Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese - 451 pages Book Blurb: A sweeping, emotionally riveting first novel—an enthralling family saga of Africa and A. Nov 9, 2010 - Cutting for Stone is an easy book to read, but not an easy book to describe. To be assured that others feel too. Jun 7, 2012 - Yet for so much spectacular jinking through the library aisles, Cutting for Stone is a remarkably quiet story about a son's reconciliation with the surgeon father who abandoned him. Feb 12, 2012 - The title of Abraham Verghese's novel Cutting for Stone[*] is a play on words. 6 days ago - 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.