Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese is the story of Shiva and Marion Stone, twins born to a nun in a missionary hospital in Ethiopia. Marion tells the story, weaving in what he knows of his mother and father (Sister Mary Joseph Praise died in childbirth and the father ran away when they were born) and what happens as they grow up in Ethiopia. Marion has to flee the country because he is wrongfully suspected of being an Eritrean sympathizer.
I loved this book. I loved the story. I loved learning about Ethiopia and Eritrea. I loved reading a story about Africa that didn't involve boys walking through the desert and becoming soldiers. What I didn't love was the ending. Not because I wanted something else to happen, but because what did happen didn't seem plausible. It seemed forced in order to end the story.
Overall, an excellent read.
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