Abraham Verghese

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1) The covenant of water: a novel

Author

Verghese, Abraham

Language

English

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"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least...

2) Cutting for stone: a novel

Author

Verghese, Abraham

Series

Thorndike Press large print core

Language

English

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Twin brothers born from a secret love affair between an Indian nun and a British surgeon in Addis Ababa, Marion and Shiva Stone come of age in Ethiopia, where their love for the same woman drives them apart.

3) The tennis partner: a doctor's story of friendship and loss

Author

Verghese, Abraham

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

[1998]

Language

English

4) When breath becomes air

Author

Kalanithi, Paul

Series

Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction

Language

English

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"At the age of 36, on the verge of a completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi's health began to falter. He started losing weight and was wracked by waves of excruciating back pain. A CT scan confirmed what Paul, deep down, had suspected: he had stage four lung cancer, widely disseminated. One day, he was a doctor making a living treating the dying, and the next, he was a patient struggling to live. Just like that,...