I just finished an absolutely wonderful book: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese.
I would not dare to provide a short summary of this story, but just a listing of the key characters will hopefully disclose some of the richness of this wonderfully written book:
Sister Mary Joseph Praise, born in India, a Catholic nun who moves to Addis Ethiopia to work as a nurse in Missing, a hospital that cares for the poor.
Thomas Stone, an outstanding surgeon at Missing.
Marion and Shiva, conjoined twins separated at birth physically.
An array of outstanding, well defined characters intertwined with the fates of the above through Haile Selasie and America.
The amazingly in depth description of medical procedures is never a burden but enriches the story line, which Ill not disclose further.
Read this!
