CUTTING FOR STONE

The next book we will be reading for our book club is Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese.  We will meet to discuss the book on February 19th at 10:30am.

If you've already finished reading the book, or if you've read it before and want more, take a look at some of these similar books:

My Own Country by Abraham Verghese is a work of nonfiction in which a doctor describes a town's introduction to the AIDS virus.



The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini: A tale of fathers and sons, friendship and betrayal.  It is a story of the price of betrayal and the possibility of redemption.  It is also about the power of fathers over their sons.



Chang & Eng by Darin Strauss is a story that combines fictions with fact to tell the story of history's most famous twins.



Long For This World by Michael Byers follows Dr. Henry Moss as he seeks a cure for a children's disease called Hickman which causes children to age rapidly and die before their teens.  Along the way, he is consulted by a family whose son has Hickman.  The boy's older brother alos tests positive for the disease but does not show any symptoms.  The discovery is a potential goldmine in which Dr. Moss must face personal and medical ethics.



The Cider House Rules by John Irving: The story of Dr. Wilbur Larch and his favorite orphan, Homer Wells, who is never adopted.



My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult tells the story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a love that overcomes human weakness.