August Book Club

Join us for a lively discussion on our August book, "The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese. This is a longer read than most of our books, so give yourself the time, however we've been assured it is WELL worth the read!!! Happy to share, I've been enthralled from the first few pages!!! We suggest reading the suggested book beforehand to participate fully + share your thoughts and additional book recommendations with the group. 4pm AZ time, all are welcome to join us!

About the book:

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone 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

“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

The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years.

Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is 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.

A shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself, The Covenant of Water is 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.

All are welcome at these fun convos! This book club is sure to keep you entertained with our robust conversations. Not normally a "book club person"? Join us anyways! This is a first book club for some of us, while others are seasoned pro's and all are loving our conversations and the diverse books we are reading! Conversations are expertly lead by our book club ambassador Margaret Stephens-Reed who always has great suggestions and keeps us moving during our 60 minutes together. A great way to kick off your weekend!

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