~ Trade Paperback
~ Winner of the Indies Choice Book Award for Adult Fiction - 2010
Cutting for Stone is a sweeping, emotionally riveting debut novel; an unforgettable journey into one man’s remarkable life, and an epic story about the power, intimacy, and curious beauty of the work of healing others.
Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles, as well as of two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.
"Verghese’s generosity of spirit is beautifully embodied in this gripping family saga that brings mid-century Ethiopia to vivid life. The practice of medicine is like a spiritual calling in this book, and the unforgettable people at its center bring passion and nobility (not to mention humor and humility) to the ancient art." -- Ann Packer, author of Some Bright Nowhere, The Children's Crusade, and Songs Without Words