# Cutting for Stone

**Author(s):** Abraham Verghese
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/cutting-for-stone/verdict.json
**Genres:** health
**Pages:** 975
**Publisher:** Large Print Press
**Published:** Tue Jun 07 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9781594134982
**ISBN-10:** 1594134987
**ASIN:** B081P3GZXW
**Amazon categories:** Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Medical
**Amazon binding:** $12.99
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/cutting-for-stone

## Description

Cutting for Stone (2009) is a novel written by Ethiopian-born Indian-American medical doctor and author Abraham Verghese. It is a saga of twin brothers, orphaned by their mother's death at their births and forsaken by their father. The book includes both a deep description of medical procedures and an exploration of the human side of medical practices.

When first published, the novel was on The New York Times Best Seller list for two years and generally received well by critics. With its positive reception, Barack Obama put it on his summer reading list and the book was optioned for adaptations.

## SageChimp reader verdict

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- **Unpaid reviews:** 0
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
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