Literary Fiction
Gilead
An elderly Iowa minister writes a long letter to his young son, a meditation on grace, fathers and the ordinary beauty of the world.
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The Covenant of Water
Across three generations in Kerala, a family shadowed by a mysterious tendency to drown finds its way toward healing through medicine, faith and love.
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- Themes
- FamilyFaithMemoryCulture & Heritage
- Length
- 450+ pages
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- Read the World
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