Michael’s Comments (group member since Nov 09, 2016)

Michael’s comments from the F 16 Junior English group.

Abraham Verghese creates the compelling story of two children who should never have been born, and furthermore, should never have lived after birth. Sister Mary Joseph Praise was an Indian Woman turned Catholic nun. After her training to become a nurse, she left everything she had ever known and wound up working at Missing Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Along the way, she meets Dr. Thomas Stone. This British surgeon is known worldwide as one of the greatest physicians known to the world of medicine. In an unexpected turn of events, the Bride of Christ is found to be pregnant and going into labor. Despite the tireless efforts of their colleagues, Sister succumbs during labor. Stone, who was automatically pinned to be the father, flees the country and the hospital at which he worked with the woman he unknowingly loved. Sister's two twin boys were saved, but left without biological parents. Cutting for Stone tells the story of how the team at Missing Hospital persisted in their efforts not only to help the underserved, but also to bless the lives of two rejected boys in the midst of great confusion and grief.