The covenant of water : a novel / Abraham Verghese.
"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.
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- 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.
- Copyright: ©2023
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General Note: | "Oprah's book club 2023"--front cover. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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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. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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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 | - |
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Presented to the Palmer Branch by Mac Briggs in Memory of Her Husband, Dale
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31901004749844 | Large Print Fiction | Checked Out | 02/20/2025 |