Covenant of Water

by Abraham Verghese

Three generations of a family in Kerala in South India suffer from a peculiar affliction. In every generation, at least one person dies by drowning. The family’s joy and pain, success and hardship, sickness and death are set against the transformation of India and changes in the field of medicine. The author brings all the story threads to a satisfying ending. A long read at 700 plus pages, it is definitely worth it.

Sue, Breakwater Books, Guilford