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mike_c

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26. last week I finished The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese)...

Sun Jun 25, 2023, 07:41 PM

Jun 2023

...and a couple of non-fiction books, Poverty by America (Matthew Desmond) and Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History (Rebecca Struthers).

Verghese's story is set on India's Malabar Coast, later Kerala from 1900 until 1977. It's both a family chronicle and a medical mystery about a family who often inherit a great fear of water, and frequently drown even in the shallowest of irrigation ditches and rice paddies. The ending blew me away.

I'm not sure what to pick up next. I think maybe Jennifer Egan's A Visit From the Goon Squad, which has been on my TBR bookshelf for a few years. I have the sequel as well, so let's see if they keep me engaged.

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I've always wanted to read that hermetic Jun 2023 #12

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The large print is a good idea hermetic Jun 2023 #14

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Oh, good luck with that hermetic Jun 2023 #25

last week I finished The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese)... mike_c Jun 2023 #26

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That is great! hermetic Jun 2023 #29