Great Audio Book by Abraham Verghese!

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I enjoy working on puzzles while listening to an audio book. Finding the right book is tricky. The story line has to be engaging, but also the narrator’s voice makes or breaks the story.

Bingo – Abraham Verghese’s, “Cutting for Stone” was a fantastic family saga set in Ethiopia with a focus on medicine. Sunil Malhotra was a perfect choice to narrate the book. I immediately sensed the author had a medical background, the surgery scenes were so detailed. Oh, not gory, not like that, professional.

I don’t want to give the story away. Verghese did a wonderful job of building the scenes and giving a good ending, ie, not a predictable one. He’s Indian, lived in Ethiopia and works in the medical field. The sign of an excellent book is when you keep wondering whether it really happened! He accomplished that.

Here is the puzzle I worked on. A lot of fun.

Now, I’m off to find a NEW book to read. Maybe Verghese has another one I will like.

Any recommendations, let me know. I tend to enjoy historical fiction.

Enjoy the weekend!

8 thoughts on “Great Audio Book by Abraham Verghese!”

  2. I have this book on my bookshelves. But it is intimidating so maybe I should listen to it instead. Thanks for planting the idea. Have you read A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry? If not you mat want to consider that as an audio book.

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  4. I have not read much Historical fiction, I’m afraid. But I am about to start All The Lights Above US by M.B. Henry. I follow her blog and am going to try one of the two historical fiction novels she has released.

    My mother was a big puzzle fan and always had one going. As her dementia worsened, it was the one activity she could still enjoy.

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