The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) [Paperback]

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From theNew York Times-bestselling author ofCutting for Stonecomes 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

“One of the best books I’ve read in my entire life. It’s epic. It’s transportive . . . It was unputdownable!”—Oprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.com

An instantNew York Timesand indie bestseller and an Oprah Book Club Pick,The Covenant of Waterhas sold more than two million copies worldwide and was widely named as a best book of the year. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, Abraham Verghese’s long-awaited, masterful novel follows three generations of a Christian family in Kerala, South India, that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning. As the novel opens, a twelve-year-old girl is sent by boat to her wedding, where she meets her husband for the first time. She joins a prosperous household and becomes known as Big Ammachi, the matriarch of an extraordinary family that will endure hardship, celebrate triumph, and witness unthinkable changes over the coming decades.

An exquisite modern classic finally available in paperback,The Covenant of Wateris an unforgettable and stunning epic of love, faith, and medicine.

ABRAHAM VERGHESEis a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the author of the NBCC Award finalistMy Own Countryand theNew York TimesNotable BookThe Tennis Partner. His most recent book,Cutting for Stone, spent 107 weeks on theNew York Timesbestseller list and sold more than two million copies worldwide. It was translated into more than twenty langul“5