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The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese - Sep 25 Theme BOM - South and South East Asia (Starts 5 September)
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Date Chapters Pages MPDQs
Sept 5 - Part 1 - Chap 1-13 - Catherine
Sept 6 - Part 2 - Chap 14 - 27 - Lexi
Sept 7 - Part 3 Chap 28 - 44 - Amanda
Sept 8 - Break
Sept 9 - Part 4 - Chap 45 - 56 - Catherine
Sept 10 - Part 5 - Chap 57 - 69 - Lexi
Sept 11 - Part 6 - Chap 70 - 84- Amanda
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Aim for a reasonable number of questions: 4 - 5 is typical. Please don't post too many - any more than 7 gets unwieldy!
Use consecutive numbering of the DQs for your days. So, for example, if Day One is posted as questions 1-4, Day Two should start at number 5 etc.
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- Is there a quote that jumped out at you? Use that in a question.
- What about the characters - do they generate strong feelings? No feelings? - either way, we can explore that!
- What about that plot twist?!
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I'm almost finished with this book (about 70 pages left) so I'm down to write DQ's!
Also, to clarify, it starts Sept 25th?
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Does anyone have a copy where they can have a go at the breakdown?
I can. How many sections should I divide it up into?
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Since there's only 3 of you for the DQs and the book is rather big - how about 6 parts, and then you can do 2 sets of DQs each? We can add a break day in between as well if you guys prefer / need a day in the middle to catch up.
Though you have the book in hand and can see how it's potentially divided up, so whatever feels good for the breakdown. If 4 days or 5 days is better than 6, then go for it. We trust your judgment :-)
I'm new to this group, how are sections typically divided? Like does one person do the DQ's for part 1, then someone else for part 2? Or does each person have a day (or 2) in each part?If it's the former and not the latter, I would prefer to cover the parts towards the end of the book since that will be the freshest in my mind :)
Sorry, yesterday was a bit hectic, but here are the sections.Sept 5 - Part 1 - Chap 1-13 - Catherine
Sept 6 - Part 2 - Chap 14 - 27 - Lexi
Sept 7 - Part 3 Chap 28 - 44 - Amanda
Sept 8 - Break
Sept 9 - Part 4 - Chap 45 - 56 - Catherine
Sept 10 - Part 5 - Chap 57 - 69 - Lexi
Sept 11 - Part 6 - Chap 70 - 84- Amanda
I'm cool with covering those parts.
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala's Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this unforgettable new beginning, the young girl—and future matriarch, Big Ammachi—will witness unthinkable changes over the span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only constants.
A shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself, The Covenant of Water is a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the hardships undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. Imbued with humor, deep emotion, and the essence of life, it is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years.
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