Reading the World discussion

Cutting for Stone is the story of Marion Praise Stone and his twin brother, Shiva Praise Stone. The novel begins much earlier, with their parents, Sister Mary Joseph Praise (referred to as Sister) and Thomas Stone, meeting on a ship traveling from India to Yemen. When they arrive, Thomas asks Sister, a Carmelite nun, to come with him to Missing Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Although Sister initially declines, her mission in Aden comes to a terrible end, and so she travels to Missing to find Thomas. For the next seven years, they perform surgery together, Thomas operating and Sister assisting.

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Hi. I read this in 2017 and only remember that I really liked it. With the schedule I've imposed on myself, I won't be able to reread it. Hope you all enjoy!

GailW wrote: "Hi. I read this in 2017 and only remember that I really liked it. With the schedule I've imposed on myself, I won't be able to reread it. Hope you all enjoy!"Yes, I'm @ half way through and def enjoying; its great.

I'm 20% through the audio and am really appreciating it so far as well.

Finished this one last week and really enjoyed it. It does a great job at exploring how medicine/doctor's offices are not globally homogenous and they fit the resources/needs of a community, and how the idea of intuitional versus functional expertise plays into this. This idea was contrasted well with the reconciling of Marion (who goes abroad to medical school) and Shiva (who stays in the village and functionally learns medicine from their mother). The thread of the international struggle for women's rights (especially reproductive rights) runs through the story as well, which I really appreciated, as did the idea of balance between traditional/lived vs, Western education knowledge. Was quite impressed.