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Cutting for Stone |  | Author: Abraham Verghese
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 282
Media: Paperback
Pages: 560
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 0099443635
EAN: 9780099443636
ASIN: 0099443635
Publication Date: December 26, 2009
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Product Description
Marion and Shiva Stone, born in a mission hospital in Ethiopia in the 1950s, are twin sons of an illicit union between an Indian nun and British doctor. Bound by birth but with widely different temperaments they grow up together, in a country on the brink of revolution, until a betrayal splits them apart. But fate has not finished with them.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 34
 best book in a long while July 16, 2010
J. A. West (Surrey, UK)
Enthralling from beginning to end. Made me laugh and cry (not many books manage that!). Well written and totally engaging. The lives of the staff of a mission hospital in Ethiopia unfold and entrance - other reviews give plot synopsis.
Slight niggle towards the end - would main character really have waited so long before contacting Ethiopian community?? But this is only a small flaw in an otherwise excellent read.
Fantastic Read July 13, 2010
Mrs. G. Appleton (Middlesbrough, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this book. I'm not an intellectual yet I wasn't put off by the medical details in fact I think I learned a thing or two. Its a lovely story which includes every aspect of life - births, deaths, love, betrayal, loyalty, war, beliefs. I became totally absorbed by Marions story. I loved all the characters and I even cried towards the end. Fantastic, the best book I've read in ages!
 Cutting for Stone July 5, 2010
GCROMP
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Eminently readable and almost very good. More than a run of the mill story but fails to maintain avid interest throuhgout. Some of the medical events are far fetched and could embarrass readers with more than a passing interest in the surgical arts. I enjoyed reading this mini saga but my enjoyment was not maintained at the pitch it reached in the first few chapters.
OPINION June 22, 2010
Mrs. Mary O'loughlin
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
bOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. iT ARRIVED IN PERFECT CONDITION AND WITHIN THREE DAYS. VERY GOOD.
Thouroughly enjoyable and realistic read June 20, 2010
Book Squirm (uk)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the best book I've read in ages. I am probably slightly biased as I work as a surgeon so the medical themes were very appealing to me and also very realistic. But the quality of the writing and story telling is superb. The author instills an empathy with all the characters no matter how flawed they may be so that the novel becomes a real page turner. It's amazing that the author competently deals with so many siffernet themes within such a short novel: religion, gender politics, terrorism, medical education, sex (lots of it), autism, birth, death etc etc. An awesome book that the author can be truly proud of.
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