![]() So clear your schedule and immerse yourself in this instant classic, which Verghese, a physician, wrote while simultaneously working as a professor of medicine at Stanford University. This epic tale soars with lyricism and tension, transporting you across time and continents. We follow three generations from 1900 to 1977 through mysterious drownings, afflictions, colonialism, and independence. Inspired by his great-grandmother, who, as a child, married a widower, Verghese introduces the fictional Big Ammachi, matriarch of a Christian community in Kerala, India. ![]() I couldn’t put the book down until the very last page. Many moments during the read I had to stop and remember to breathe. “It’s one of the best books I’ve read in my entire life,” she said. Oprah announced that The Covenant of Water, by Abraham Verghese, is her 101st book club pick today on CBS Mornings. ![]() ![]() Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play ![]()
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