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Itchyfeetreader
The Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese
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Pickpick

Gosh this is a quite remarkable read. It contains some things that I don‘t like - age differences in relationships inc a child bride (of its time but still not what I want to read about) and an almost distant story telling with very abrupt changes in main character and focus. It was a spiralling family saga - at its heart about love for each other and love for home even as both things change and evolve. The love for the land comes clear ⬇️

Itchyfeetreader But also about secrets and change. I loved the difference between the huge political upheavals and what it means to this growing community. A book to savour for me - and at the end of march my first 5* read ! 1w
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BookNAround
The Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese
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Pickpick

Three generations and more than seventy years following a Malayali Christian family in Kerala, this is a magnificent and epic story. Full review at https://booknaround.blogspot.com/2024/08/review-covenant-of-water-by-abraham.htm...

Bookwormjillk Love this book 1w
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limada
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Pickpick

I don't even know how to describe this book, beyond amazing. I read it a chapter a day since the end of December, and was often very tempted to just keep reading. The intricate strings of connection between different pieces of the story are astounding. #14-2025

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Chelsea.Poole
The Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese
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Pickpick

The combination of high expectations and high page count mingled together to make me want to quit this many times. I persevered (I‘m leading the book club meeting for it tomorrow) and the ending was worth it! A family saga across 70 years set in India…unbelievably tragic and relentless in its melodramatic tone but despite myself, I loved the family matriarch and cried at the end. Heavy on the medical/disease/hospital scenes which aren‘t for me.

squirrelbrain That ending….. 😭 2mo
Butterfinger He became one of my favorite writers when I read his memoir of being the specialist of AIDS patients in rural Tennessee during the epidemic of the 80s. He is brilliant and one of my heroes. 2mo
Butterfinger I think it was his first book. 2mo
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Singout Good for you! It was a previous #AuldLangSpine pick for me, but I was intimidated by the length. 2mo
Lesliereadsalot Loved the ending! 2mo
Kitta I loved this one, I think it was my favourite read of last year. 2mo
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Kitta
The Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese
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I finished one more since this was sent to me so 52 books this year!

Tagged was my favourite, I think. It‘s hard to pick!

#goodreadsyearinbooks

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MommyWantsToReadHerBook
Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese
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From the connecting train being delayed this morning to finding out I would be spending the whole of the afternoon and evening alone instead of seeing a friend, I was quite low by the time I got off the aeroplane in Cape Town. And my book, my one book I had idiotically packed, was nearly finished. So I consoled myself...

charl08 We've all been there... 4mo
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RedxoHearts
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Mehso-so

I was in the mood for a historical fiction read when I came across The Second Life of Mirielle West. I don't think I've read anything based around the leprosy colonies. It was interesting to learn about that but I can't say I really liked this book. Some of it felt like it was dragging on to me. Then the end felt so sudden almost like there should have been a few more chapters between the last and the epilogue.

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Graywacke
Molokai | O A Bushnell
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This is an old obscure book left on my mother‘s shelves. I think it‘s actually a 1963 printing. Anyway, I‘ve started. The author grew up in Hawaii. Molokai was the leprosy quarantine island in the 19th century.

Lcsmcat I love diving into old books with no preconceived notions. 5mo
TEArificbooks I liked another book called Molokai by a different author about the leper colony 5mo
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Julsmarshall
The Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese
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Absolutely fantastic! This epic story will have me thinking for years to come. A real #chunkster , this story follows generations of families from India and Ireland, a community dealing with Leprosy and other challenges, and Doctors called to serve their people with empathy and grace. Wonderful on #audio, Verghese delivers another world class novel worth every minute of your time. #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

intothehallofbooks Great review! 6mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! 6mo
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