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The covenant of water : a novel  Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book

The covenant of water : a novel / Abraham Verghese.

Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9798885793377
  • Physical Description: 897 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Oprah's book club 2023"--front cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Drowning > Fiction.
Families > India > Fiction.
Historical fiction
Kerala (India) > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Glasgow (Scotland) > Fiction.
Genre: Large type books.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Large print books.

Available copies

  • 1 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Bethlehem Main Library f (Text) 33062009952897 New Large Print Fiction Checked Out 03/11/2025
Easton Main Library VERGHESE (Text) 31901004749836 Large Print Fiction Available -
Easton Palmer Branch VERGHESE (Text)
Bookplate: Presented to the Palmer Branch by Mac Briggs in Memory of Her Husband, Dale
31901004749844 Large Print Fiction Checked Out 02/20/2025


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