{"product_id":"the-covenant-of-water-abraham-verghese","title":"The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDescription\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Covenant of Water\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCutting for Stone\u003c\/em\u003e, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ebestseller list for over two years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning the years 1900 to 1977,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Covenant of Water\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\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\u003eA shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Covenant of Water\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2.3\" H x 9.1\" L x 6.4\" W (2.0 lbs) 736 pages, hardback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46117445107937,"sku":"9780802162175","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9558\/8015\/files\/covenantofwatter.gif?v=1738356296","url":"https:\/\/pressshopatl.shop\/products\/the-covenant-of-water-abraham-verghese","provider":"Pressshopatl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}