Finished 'Cutting for Stone'

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This has to be one of the best books of 2009. It was completely enthralling from the very first chapter. I loved how each character was developed, although I wish we knew a little more about Genet's thoughts since she ended up being a major player in how the novel ended. It was really a love story to medicine and I found myself appreciating people who choose this field even more after reading this magnificent story. LOVED LOVED LOVED it!

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Started 'Cutting for Stone'

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese





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I have been on the hold list for this book since March, so I am anxious to read this one. The author lives in my neck of the woods, the Bay Area; Palo Alto, specifically. EW gave it an A grade; here is that review.

Opening line: "After eight months spent in the obscurity of our mother's womb, my brother, Shiva, and I came into the world in the late afternoon of the twentieth of September in the year of grace 1954."