Aug. Sept. Oct. (9th Anniversary) 2013 Book Clubs "Cutting for Stone" (Aug/Sep) and "The Art of Racing in the Rain"
Hi Everyone, Abraham Verghese’s Cutting For Stone gave a rich and remarkable reading experience this month. Needless to say, all who attended book club at Natili’s Pizzeria (Barbara K., Becky, Cheryl, Ginnie, Jodi, Lori, and Tammy) loved this book. This epic novel which took us two months to read spans continents and generations. An unforgettable story of love and betrayal, compassion and redemption, exile and home unfolds across India, Ethiopia, and America. Cutting For Stone explores the lives of a memorable cast of characters which offers insight into the world of medicine with precise and sometimes too much detail about how doctors work dramatizing the movements of heart and mind. Narrated by Marion Stone, the story begins before Marion and his twin brother, Shiva are born in Addis Abab’s Missing Hospital (a mispronunciation of “Mission Hospital”) with the illicit, years-in-the making romance between their parents, Sister Mary Jos...