![]() Louise Erdrich, the NY Times bestselling, National Book Award-winning author paints a startling portrait Tagged: literature, historical fiction, *staff recommendations - julie, *staff recommendations - mia, *previous group reads, *staff recommendations - sue, *staff recommendations - bethc, *staff recommendations - gemma (A special thank you to book club member, Christine Jensen for the suggestion.) ![]() open the covers of Cutting for Stone, don’t expect to do much else.” - The Seattle Times You may never leave the chair.” - LA Times Verghese creates this story so lovingly that it is actually possible to live within it for the brief time one spends with this book. Shows how history, landscape and accidents of birth conspire to create the story of a single life. The writing is graceful, the characters compassionate and the story full of nuggets of wisdom.” - San Francisco Chronicle Verghese expertly weaves the threads of numerous story lines into one cohesive opus. Moving from Addis Ababa to NYC and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Tagged: *staff recommendations - mia, science fiction, fantasy, *staff recommendations - gemmaĪ sweeping, emotionally riveting novel with over 1 million copies sold-an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, doctors and patients, exile and home. Note: We’ve also found the book to be great on audio. “Perfect for anyone who wants to feel connected right now.” - Book Reporter This wondrous tale will move readers.” -Publishers Weekly “An affecting, deeply immersive journey into the desire to hold onto the past. Heartwarming, wistful, mysterious and delightfully quirky, Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally bestselling novel explores the age-old question: What would you change if you could travel back in time? Most important, the trip can last only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold. But time travel isn’t so simple, and there are rules that must be followed. Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the café in the hopes of making that journey. ![]() Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee-the chance to travel back in time. In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. If you could go back, who would you want to meet? A quirky, sigh-inducingly satisfying read that is now an international bestseller
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