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Living A Life Through BooksS6E20 - Book Club: The Covenant of Water by Abraham VergheseSPOILER ALERT:
Today we are discussing an Oprah Book Club pick. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese was recommended by a friend. He had done it for his book club. His thoughts are recorded towards the end when he joined us briefly.
This book is long and so is our discussion. It was good to hear everyone's point of view.
Here's the Be Seen Podcast episode I was in.
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New Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Tennis Partner: A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss by Abraham VerghesePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/716937 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tennis Partner: A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss Author: Abraham Verghese Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 50 minutes Release date: February 27, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from Abraham Verghese, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water, an Oprah's Book Club Pick. “Heartbreaking. . . . Indelible and haunting, [The Tennis Partner] is an elegy to friendship found, and an ode to...2024-02-2705 min
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Mental Health & PsychologyThe Tennis Partner: A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss by Abraham VerghesePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/716937to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Tennis Partner: A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss
Author: Abraham Verghese
Narrator: Neil Shah
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 50 minutes
Release date: February 27, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 9
Genres: Mental Health & Psychology
Publisher's Summary:
An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from Abraham Verghese, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water, an Oprah's Book Club Pick. “Heartbreaking. . . . Indelible and haunting, [The Tennis Partner] is an elegy to friendship found, and an ode to...2024-02-271h 50
Books and Beyond with Bound6.3 Abraham Verghese: A Saga Through Kerala's BackwatersPicture this: Kerala, a family that suffers a strange hereditary affliction- and everywhere they look is the very thing that could kill them.In this episode Tara talks to Abraham Verghese about his bestselling book 'The Covenant of Water'. The book is set in the Malabar Coast of Kerala and follows three generations of a family where, in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning. Abraham talks about how his book was loosely inspired by his mother's 120-paged, illustrated depiction of her childhood, his experience in medicine, and how he always carries a p...2024-01-2358 min
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Penpositive OutclassEP-354 The Covenant of Water Book By Abraham VergheseToday let us take a look at an interesting book that made its's way to the Oprah's Book Club. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese. If you are listening on Spotify please share your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to penpositive@gmail.com
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