Historical · Literary
Cutting for Stone
Twin brothers are born in an Ethiopian mission hospital to a nun who dies in childbirth and a surgeon father who disappears. They grow up in the hospital, drawn to medicine and to the same woman, as the country changes around them.
- First published
- 2009
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- long
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like generous, absorbing sagas set around a hospital, with a lot of medical detail and heart.
Skip this if you dislike graphic surgery scenes or want a book that moves quickly.
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