Cutting for Stone: A novel

One of my all-time favorite novels.

Beautiful but tragic story of twins Marion and Shiva, orphaned at birth, growing up in a turbulent Ethiopia during the reign of Haile Selaisse.

Lots of richly formed characters, and his descriptions of the medical procedures read almost like prose.

One of a kind story, with unforgettable characters...my only regret was that there was no part written from the perspective of Shiva; he seemed such an extraordinary character and his actions were crucial to the book's development.

Very interesting and absorbing book - well written - read for my daytime book club and we all thought it was a great book.

I loved this book. I feel like I have lived with these characters for the last month. I’m sad it’s over.

It was so hard to read in the beginning. But with dictionary in hand I kept reading. I am so glad I did. The book was so well written!!!

Favorite line from the book:

The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.