![]() ![]() ![]() Their father, Thomas Stone, the English surgeon of Missing, abandons them and disappears. Their mother, Sister Mary Joseph Praise, an Indian Carmelite nun, dies during childbirth. He and his conjoined twin Shiva are born at Mission Hospital (called "Missing" in accordance with the local pronunciation), Addis Ababa, in September 1954. The story is told by the protagonist, Marion Stone. ![]() With its positive reception, Barack Obama put it on his summer reading list and the book was optioned for adaptations. When first published, the novel was on The New York Times Best Seller list for two years and generally received well by critics. The book includes both a deep description of medical procedures and an exploration of the human side of medical practices. It is a saga of twin brothers, orphaned by their mother's death at their births and forsaken by their father. Cutting for Stone (2009) is a novel written by Ethiopian-born Indian-American medical doctor and author Abraham Verghese. ![]()
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