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The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club)
Abraham Verghese · Literary Fiction
41 Pulse Score
Based on recommendations from independent creators
historical fictionslow burnforbidden romancefound family
historical fiction
🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
#331 All Time
About this book
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, three generations of a Christian family in Kerala, South India, suffer a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning. As the novel opens, a twelve-year-old girl is sent by boat to her wedding, where she meets her husband for the first time. She joins a prosperous household and becomes known as Big Ammachi, the matriarch of an extraordinary family that will endure hardship, celebrate triumph, and witness unthinkable changes over the coming decades.
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