Cutting for Stone
Ranked #1 in Ethiopia, Ranked #2 in Twins — see more rankings.
A sweeping, emotionally riveting first novel—an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, doctors and patients, exile and home.
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon at a mission hospital in Addis Ababa. Orphaned by their mother’s death in childbirth and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Yet it will be love, not politics—their passion for the... more
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon at a mission hospital in Addis Ababa. Orphaned by their mother’s death in childbirth and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Yet it will be love, not politics—their passion for the... more
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Barack Obama Former USA PresidentAs a devoted reader, the president has been linked to a lengthy list of novels and poetry collections over the years. (Source)
Daniel Hamermesh This novel from a decade ago should be read by every American interested in immigration. While it deals with a lot of medical details, the essence of it is about urban life in developing countries and about the immigrant experience. It is both moving and thought-provoking. (Source)
Rankings by Category
Cutting for Stone is ranked in the following categories:
- #50 in Adoption
- #8 in Africa
- #15 in African
- #78 in Author
- #72 in Awarded
- #30 in Book Club
- #38 in Charisma
- #63 in Diseases
- #93 in Family
- #30 in Indian
- #51 in Indian Author
- #58 in Long
- #14 in Medical
- #15 in Medicine
- #62 in Mom
- #97 in New York
- #87 in Poster
- #86 in Recent
- #36 in Saga
- #94 in Strong Women
- #5 in Surgery
- #56 in World
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