Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

[bluewillowtree]

Cutting for Stone begins with birth and death, when Sister Mary Joseph Praise, a nun at an Ethiopian mission hospital - known locally as Missing Hospital - dies in childbirth with twin boys. Thomas Stone, the surgeon who fathered the twins and had no idea of the pregnancy, is shattered by her death and abandons the twins in the first hour of their

Comments

[jimmi_obadger]

I loved that book. Definitely worth a re-read.

[bluewillowtree]

I agree; this is definitely one I'll re-read. My favorite books are the ones that completely immerse me in the world they create, and I so vividly saw and felt the world of Missing.

And though it was a minor scene overall, since I was still in fundraising when I read it, I loved the scene where Matron was touring the hospital with the visiting American donor and explaining about the bibles and named operating theaters. Those were great examples of the difference between what donors want to fund and what the population being served actually needs...