{"product_id":"the-covenant-of-water-by-abraham-verghese-1","title":"The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Covenant of Water \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCutting for Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebestseller list for over two years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpanning the years 1900 to 1977,\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The Covenant of Water \u003c\/em\u003eis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Covenant of Water \u003c\/em\u003eis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51337750970500,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0378\/1161\/7924\/files\/518_jXvFO6L._SY445_SX342.jpg?v=1708210910","url":"https:\/\/basically-books-co.myshopify.com\/products\/the-covenant-of-water-by-abraham-verghese-1","provider":"Basically Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}