The Covenant of Water
By Abraham Verghese
715 pages
What’s it about?
This novel is set in India between the years of 1900 to 1977. It follows three generations of a a family that seems to have an aversion to water. At least one person in every generation seems to succumb to drowning. As we move through he generations we see how “the condition” affects the family.
What did it make me think about?
Relationships, medicine, and how life has changed.Should I read it?
Like many of you I loved “Cutting for Stone” years ago and was so excited to hear good things about this novel. At 700+ pages it is a commitment but well worth the time. I actually made myself slow down and savor the pages. So many beautiful passages in this novel, “For twenty-eight years of Baby Mol’s life, the sun has never failed to come up, yet every morning she’s ecstatic about its return. To see the miraculous in the ordinary is a more precious gift than prophecy.” This story ebbs and flows but I highly recommend this book!Quote-
“This is the covenant of water: that they’re all linked inescapably by their acts of commission and omission, and no one stands alone.” “But there’s no going back; time and water move on relentlessly.”What’s it about?
This novel is set in India between the years of 1900 to 1977. It follows three generations of a a family that seems to have an aversion to water. At least one person in every generation seems to succumb to drowning. As we move through he generations we see how “the condition” affects the family.
What did it make me think about?
Relationships, medicine, and how life has changed.
Should I read it?
Like many of you I loved “Cutting for Stone” years ago and was so excited to hear good things about this novel. At 700+ pages it is a commitment but well worth the time. I actually made myself slow down and savor the pages. So many beautiful passages in this novel, “For twenty-eight years of Baby Mol’s life, the sun has never failed to come up, yet every morning she’s ecstatic about its return. To see the miraculous in the ordinary is a more precious gift than prophecy.” This story ebbs and flows but I highly recommend this book!
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“This is the covenant of water: that they’re all linked inescapably by their acts of commission and omission, and no one stands alone.”
“But there’s no going back; time and water move on relentlessly.”
