Cutting for Stone
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Marion and Shiva Stone, born in a mission hospital in Ethiopia in the 1950s, are twin sons of an illicit union between an Indian nun and British doctor. Bound by birth but with widely different temperaments they grow up together, in a country on the brink of revolution, until a betrayal splits them apart. But fate has not finished with them – they will be brought together once more, in the sterile surroundings of a hospital theatre.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
A convincing and beautiful saga of passions and family torment set against the turbulent background of Addis Ababa in the 1960s, 70s and 80s
Depicting the depths of human love and suffering, loss and betrayal of innocence, this tale is set in the early days of Ethiopian revolution and reminiscent of Pearl Buck’s storytelling. Death acts of human desperation, and unanswered questions past, propel the story.