Cutting for Stone in Crazy Challenge Connection

Sep 11, 2017 Olivermagnus rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017, historical-fiction, africa

Cutting for Stone is the story of twin boys, Marion and Shiva Stone, born joined at the head in a mission hospital in Addis Ababa over fifty years ago. Their mother, an Indian nun, had kept her pregnancy secret and died during the births. Their father, a surgeon named Thomas Stone, abandons them at birth. The boys are adopted by two doctors, their new mother, the obstetrician who delivered them, and their father, a general practitioner who becomes a surgeon after their father, the only surgeon, ...more

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Apr 28, 2019 Lindsey rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, africa, mom-s-lists

This started out slowly for me but very soon into the story I was unable to put it down. By the end of the story, I was crying (bawling, really-it was embarrassing) because I felt so emotionally connected to Marion, Shiva, Ghosh and Hema. And that is the amazing aspect of this book. None of the characters are perfectly likeable. They all do stupid crazy things. But they felt so real, like I could meet them walking down the street someday. I also appreciated the setting of the first part of the b ...more

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Feb 11, 2024 Maggie Shanley rated it liked it

Shelves: suggested-for-me, audio-read

The 51 year old narrator tells the story of his life, both things that happened to him and others. Much of the story takes place at a hospital in Ethiopia where money is tight and miracles are sometimes given. Marion spends his life working hard for greatness. Verghese shows us characters for whom greatness is easy and others who throw away their chances for greatness because they are not willing to work hard. This was a good story, but slow pacing because so much is included.

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