{"product_id":"the-covenant-of-water-oprahs-book-club-hardcover","title":"The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbraham Verghese\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e-bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eCutting for Stone\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Covenant of Water \u003c\/em\u003eis the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller \u003cem\u003eCutting for Stone\u003c\/em\u003e, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller list for over two years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning the years 1900 to 1977, \u003cem\u003e The Covenant of Water \u003c\/em\u003eis set in Kerala, on South 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 long-existing 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, known as 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself, \u003cem\u003eThe Covenant of Water \u003c\/em\u003eis a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the difficulties undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. It is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eABRAHAM VERGHESE \u003c\/b\u003eis a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the author the NBCC Award finalist \u003ci\u003eMy Own Country \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book \u003ci\u003eThe Tennis Partner\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent book, \u003ci\u003eCutting for Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, spent 107 weeks on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list and sold more than 1.5 million copies in the U.S. alone. It was translated into more than twenty languages and is being adapted for film by Anonymous Content. Verghese was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2016, has received five honorary degrees, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts \u0026amp; Sciences. He lives and practices medicine in Stanford, California where he is the Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. A decade in the making, \u003ci\u003eThe Covenant of Water \u003c\/i\u003eis his first book since \u003ci\u003eCutting for Stone\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 736\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.3 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987990053165,"sku":"9780802162175","price":30.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/SThCenkwc0VYdlRTVDNiRTVXRWM5UT09.webp?v=1776188582","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-covenant-of-water-oprahs-book-club-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}