Dr. Abraham Verghese teaches medical students at Stanford University's School of Medicine. But he has another calling: author. His novel "The Covenant of Water" (Grove/Atlantic), a multi-generational ...

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OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oprah Winfrey has selected "The Covenant of Water," written by acclaimed author Abraham Verghese, as her newest book club pick.

Reviewer Sibani Ram is a recent graduate of Duke University who grew up in Dubuque. See the author: Dr. Abraham Verghese will read from "The Covenant of Water" at the Iowa City Public Library at 7 p.m ...

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After 14 years, physician Abraham Verghese returns with the follow-up to his 2009 best-selling fiction debut Cutting For Stone. The Covenant of Water follows three generations of an unlucky South ...

When you come to the end of Abraham Verghese’s new novel, “The Covenant of Water,” you will feel that you have lived among the Indian and Anglo-Indian characters who populate its pages for almost a ...

OWN Podcasts has launched a new 6-part series featuring Oprah Winfrey in conversation with author Abraham Verghese about his latest book, The Covenant of Water. Part of Oprah’s Book Club, the series ...

The Covenant of Water follows three generations of a family in the coastal state of Kerala, India, where they're haunted by a devastating event, over and over: In every generation, someone in the ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Dr. Abraham Verghese teaches medical students at Stanford University's School of Medicine. But he has another calling: ...