Although it's only September, I know that this book will make my top 10 list of 2010. Already selected as Fiction Book of 2010 by the Northern California Independent Booksellers, this is one of my favorite novels, and I will be recommending it to EVERYONE.The story is about Marion and Shiva Stone, ...
Wow!This book started slow - I had a little trouble getting into it, but decided to give it awhile, since the reviews I had read were so good.Once I got into it, it was difficult to put down. The story, the characters - everything just pulled me along, non-stop.
This is the story of Marion Praise Stone, a former conjoined twin and Anglo-Indian born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. His is an epic narrative that spans two continents and features a cast of varied and eclectic characters. It’s a style of storytelling that reminds me very much of other wel...
I loved this book. I feel like I took a trip to Ethiopia. It is the kind of book that I would start reading and completely forget about everything else around me.I found the surgical procedures fascinating, but it isn't for the squeamish.
NO SPOILERSFinished: I liked this book alot! It was at times a difficult read for me. I have an aversion to reading about ill people. It scares me to death. Even in books. Usually I shy away from such books, simply b/c they make me uncomfortable. If I weren't so ridiculously sensitive, I might have ...
well done...very well done. i'm exhausted...at 534 pages, i have been thoroughly engrossed in the lives of marion and shiva stone for close to a month. this book had tons of layers...lots of heart and love and warmth and heartbreak and squirm-inducing scenes. cutting for stone is the sort of book ...
I don’t think I am singing from the same hymn sheet as most people on good reads when it come to my rating of Cutting for stone and while I did enjoy the book it was not one of my favourites.I am not going to summarize the Novel as the blurb on the book sums it up pretty well.The first 150 pages of ...
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