The covenant of water : a novel
(Large Print)
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Medina County - Highland Branch - Adult | LP FICTION VERGHESE | On Shelf |
Medina County - Medina Library - Adult | LP FICTION VERGHESE | On Shelf |
Medina County - Medina Library - Adult | LP FICTION VERGHESE | On Shelf |
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Burton Public Library - Large Print | VER | On Shelf |
Cleveland Heights - Coventry Branch - Adult | FICTION VERGH | On Shelf |
Cleveland Heights - Lee Road Library - Adult | FICTION VERGH | On Shelf |
Cleveland Public Library - Brooklyn Branch - Adult | FICTION VERGHES | On Shelf |
Cleveland Public Library - Carnegie West Branch - Adult | FICTION VERGHES | On Shelf |
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Large Print
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897 pages (large print) : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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"Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning--and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala's long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this unforgettable new beginning, the young girl--and future matriarch, known as Big Ammachi--will witness unthinkable changes over the span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only constants. A shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself, The Covenant of Water is a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the difficulties undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. It is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Verghese, A. (2023). The covenant of water: a novel (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Verghese, Abraham, 1955-. 2023. The Covenant of Water: A Novel. Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Verghese, Abraham, 1955-. The Covenant of Water: A Novel Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Verghese, A. (2023). The covenant of water: a novel. Large print edn. Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Verghese, Abraham. The Covenant of Water: A Novel Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
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