"It was losing somebody." "The Covenant of Water" is a difficult book to describe in a few words. It's even tougher to sum up the life of its author. Abraham Verghese was born in Ethiopia to ...

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“The Covenant of Water” captures this world as it moves ... returning to the mix of reportage and memoir of his earlier books. But for now, he has embraced the broader, freer canvas of ...

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Oprah Winfrey has selected "The Covenant of Water," written by acclaimed author Abraham Verghese, as her newest book club pick. To delve deeper into the themes and intricacies of the novel ...

“The Covenant of Water” follows three generations of a close-knit and haunted family in southwestern India. Credit...Sophia Deng Supported by By Andrew Solomon When you purchase an ...

The physician-author’s new book, “The Covenant of Water,” contains traces of his mother, his cousin and his own medical experience. By Elisabeth Egan The New York Times’s review of Abraham ...

The Covenant of Water follows three generations of an unlucky South Indian family. The Parambils, led by matriarch Big Ammachi, suffer the same tragedy in each generation: at least one person dies ...

Joan Frank’s latest books are “Late Work ... of medicine — introduces his enormous new novel, “The Covenant of Water,” with a personal note to advance readers: His late mother, Mariam ...

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