01360cam a2200277 4500 102789700 TxAuBib 20110301120000.0 080624s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780375414497 0375414495 DLC DLC BTCTA BAKER OCLCG YDXCP ABG C#P SPP TxAuBib Verghese, Abraham. Cutting for stone : a novel / Abraham Verghese. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. 541 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [543-544]). Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother's death and their father's disappearance, sharing a preternatural connection and a fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, this is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and miracles. 20120522. Physicians Fiction. Brothers Fiction. Fathers and sons Fiction. Ethiopia Fiction. Bronx (New York, N.Y) Fiction.