1818 - Abraham Verghese - The Covenant of Water | The Book Show

May 23, 2023 00:27:26
1818 - Abraham Verghese - The Covenant of Water | The Book Show
The Book Show
1818 - Abraham Verghese - The Covenant of Water | The Book Show

May 23 2023 | 00:27:26

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Show Notes

Abraham Verghese is The New York Times-bestselling author of “Cutting for Stone.” His latest, “The Covenant of Water,” is a stunning epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret known as “the condition.”

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