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    <body><![CDATA[I hated for this book to end; I didn’t want to let go of the twin boys who become medical stars. The story ranges from Ethiopia under a despot, to the New York of immigrant doctors. When it comes to descriptions of medical procedures, I’m a squeamish coward, but Verghese’s prose is so engaging...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44864134">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautifully written, engrossing novel plants you deeply in the passion of practicing medicine, winds you intimately into the cloth of Ethiopia. Verghese uses language so elegantly and paces his story so perfectly that I was totally transported.<br/><br/>I finished the book feeling homesick for Add...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43056588">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked CUTTING FOR STONE, but ultimately, it disappointed.  I'd heard such glowing reviews, perhaps I was setting my self up to be underwhelmed.  Still, I found Marion, the narrator, very distant and was not able to engage with his character at all. <br/><br/>The books contains some interesting d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38501853">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Splendid novel--truly inspiring. I have no doubt that it will be made into a major movie.  About an identical twin who is abandoned at birth by his doctor father, raised in Ethiopia during and after Hailee Selassie by two missionary doctors and then goes to America where he encounters his natural fa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48136614">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A huge book with a hugely wonderful cast of characters, Cutting for Stone gets to the heart of what makes the practice of medicine a way of life and the different ways people can make their lives worthwhile. Its main characters are conjoined twins separated at birth, both of whom follow their parent...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38446443">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<p>One might envy Abraham Verghese, who makes the transition from essayist to novelist look easier than it should be. <em>Cutting for Stone</em> will remind readers of the fiction of Salman Rushdie, John Irving (<em>The Cider House Rules</em>), and Ha Jin (<em>A Free Life</em>); it seems likely that the author knows the work of ...</p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52799126">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I know, I just said that if you read one book this year, it should be The Help, but if you read two books this year, the other one should be Cutting for Stone (thanks for the recommendation, Lucy!). On the back cover, Mark Salzman says: &quot;Absolutely fantastic.... This book has everything: nuns, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70183786">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think this is the perfect lesson summation for the whole book.  It is said again, in a slightly different way, on page 533, paragraph 2:  “The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.”  Such a simple concept with the deepest of truths.  It reminds me ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64646766">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese is one of the best books I have read in a long long time (OK, Twilight was great, but I'm talking literature now).  It is so good, I believe I will be finding a place for on my shelf next to Jane Eyre and Poisonwood Bible.  As you know, this is mighty high prais...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62276330">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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