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O-M-G this book was amazing! It is told from the perspective of fifty year old Marion Stone almost like a memoir. It's basically a family saga where Marion Stone dug up his mother's history, his adoptive parents history, his own life and finally his father's history and wove it all into a beautiful, heart-breaking story of life, love, disappointment, betrayal and great achievements. This story was fascinating and totally unputdownable! I am definitely going to have to go out and find something e
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Outstanding . One of the best books I have read this year. Great blend of character development, plot development, and geographic setting. Loved the main characters and how their lives intertwined. Well written and easy to read even tho almost 700 pages. Highly recommend.
The ripple effect. The domino theory. The idea that one event is the catalyst for an entire chain of events. It's hardly a new idea in fiction (Ray Bradbury's "The Sound of Thunder" gave us the term "butterfly effect"), but Verghese has taken it to brilliant heights. This is the story of identical twin boys, Shiva and Marion, born in Ethiopia in 1954 to an Indian nun and an English doctor. Their mother dies in childbirth and their father runs away. And so, it seems to the reader, the chain of ev
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This is a sweeping, gorgeous, accomplished book. Obviously written by a physician who understands the science, the author also has the sublime skill of a story teller. I was so engrossed in the story, not just of the people who inhabit this novel, but of Ethiopia and of Missing Hospital and everything that went on there. The story is a roller-coaster with the narrator, Marion Praise Stone, as a wonderfully flawed protagonist. I felt his anger, his happiness and his betrayal throughout. I think I
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Jul 22, 2012
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This is the story of a set of identical twins (enantiomers (mirror images) if you will), Marion and Shiva Stone, who share an uncommon connection throughout their lives. They are the sons of parents who abandon them via death of the mother and the shock of the father and are reared by two others, Ghosh and Hema. Set in Ethiopia, this is a compelling read with plenty of medical jargon and surgeries mixed in for good measure.
Oct 15, 2014
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Whew!! This took a long time to get through. It's a wonderful story and the prose is very good. It's a bit slow moving, but overall really good. I listened to the audio version of the book and the narrator does an excellent job reading!
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Dec 20, 2011
Anne (Booklady) Molinarolo
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Dec 26, 2011
Suzanne
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Jan 27, 2012
Lindy-Lane
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it was ok
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Jul 19, 2012
Laura
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Sam
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