{"product_id":"the-covenant-of-water-by-abraham-verghese","title":"The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpanning the years 1900 to 1977, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Covenant of Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is set in Kerala, on 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 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, 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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Covenant of Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the hardships undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. Imbued with humor, deep emotion, and the essence of life, it is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, very good condition. Very slight wear to cover edges and very slight creasing on spine. Pages are clean and binding is tight.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Grove Press, 2024 (first published 2023).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9781804710456\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48839450067186,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_edb40d8e-925d-44d6-a723-41039b6b5506.jpg?v=1772979607","url":"https:\/\/www.laureltreebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-covenant-of-water-by-abraham-verghese","provider":"Laurel Tree Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}