In a long, grisly labor room scene, Sister Mary Joseph Praise loses her life and the devastated father of the babies, Thomas Stone, flees, abandoning the boys to be raised by the hospital’s two other doctors, Hema and Ghosh. I was worried that the circumstances leading to the conception of the babies would be tawdry (a pregnant nun?), but it wasn’t. His father was a brilliant surgeon in the same hospital. His mother was a nun and nurse at an Ethiopian hospital that would become a home to Marion and his identical twin, Shiva. Let’s begin with a Cutting for Stone summary:Ĭutting for Stone begins with what Marion has been able to piece together about his parents. Cutting for Stone certainly fit the bill – one of the twins, Marion Stone, even narrated the story. June’s challenge was to read a book with twins as characters. I read Cutting for Stone as part of the 2021 Thoughtful Reading Challenge. (This in no way affects the honesty of my reviews!) All commissions will be donated to the ALS Association. As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. This post may contain Amazon Affiliate links. Cutting for Stone is an elegantly written novel that is both a family epic and a tribute to the art of medicine and surgery.
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