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The Covenant of Water

The Covenant of Water

Historical FictionLiterary Fiction
Published
2023
Language
English

Synopsis

Beginning in 1900, a twelve-year-old girl travels by boat to her arranged wedding in Kerala, South India, where she meets her husband for the first time. She becomes Big Ammachi, the matriarch of a prosperous Christian family haunted by a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning. Over the next seventy-seven years, this extraordinary family endures hardships, celebrates triumphs, and witnesses profound changes in their lives and the world around them.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

EmotionalReflectiveComplex
Family SagaComing of Age

Genres

Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

About the author

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Abraham Verghese

Abraham Verghese (born 1955) is an American physician, author, Professor for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University Medical School and Senior Associate Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine. He is also the author of three best-selling books, two memoirs and a novel. In 2011, he was elected to be a member of the Institute of Medicine. He received the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama in 2015. He was born in Ethiopia to Christian parents from Keral...

Characters

Big AmmachiProtagonist
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