The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

earliest edition we have, 2023 Grove Press, 2023 ebook

Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, three generations of a Christian family in Kerala, South India, suffer a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning. As the novel opens, a twelve-year-old girl is sent by boat to her wedding, where she meets her husband for the first time. She joins a prosperous household and becomes known as Big Ammachi, the matriarch of an extraordinary family tha...

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Covenant of Water edition · 2024 · Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9781804710456
Covenant of Water edition · 2023 · Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9781804710425
Pacto Del Agua / the Covenant of Water edition · 2023 · Salamandra Black · 9798890980151
The Covenant of Water ebook · 2023 · Grove Press · 9780802162182
Covenant of Water edition · 2023 · Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9781804710432
Covenant of Water edition · 2023 · Cengage Gale · 9798885793377
Covenant of Water edition · 2023 · Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9780802162175
Covenant of Water edition · 2023 · Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9781804710449

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