A friend of hers identifies Marion as an associate, and Marion is forced to leave the country immediately. Later, Genet participates in the hijacking of an Ethiopian Airlines plane as a part of the Eritrean movement. Ghosh is arrested because of his association with Mebratu and held for weeks. A close friend of Ghosh’s, General Mebratu, stages a coup to depose Emperor Haile Selassie, which is ultimately unsuccessful. Rosina then dies by suicide, and Genet moves in with Hema, Ghosh, and the twins. Rosina, Genet’s mother, arranges for Genet’s genital mutilation, which almost kills her. He physically separates himself from Shiva for the first time, moving into separate quarters. However, Genet and Shiva have sex, which breaks Marion’s heart. Marion falls in love with his friend Genet and plans for a future with her. Marion and Shiva are never apart when they are young, but as they get older, they develop separate interests: Marion follows and observes Ghosh at the hospital, and Shiva observes Hema, learning dance from her as well. Hema and another doctor, Ghosh, adopt the twins. Thomas disappears, and Hema takes charge of the twins, naming them Marion and Shiva. The twins are conjoined but are successfully separated at birth. In the end, Hema, the obstetrician, arrives and performs a Cesarean section, saving the twin boys, but Sister dies. The labor is difficult, and Thomas, assuming the babies are dead, attempts to save her by removing them. One day, although no one knew she was pregnant, Sister goes into labor. For the next seven years, they perform surgery together, Thomas operating and Sister assisting. Although Sister initially declines, her mission in Aden comes to a terrible end, and so she travels to Missing to find Thomas.
When they arrive, Thomas asks Sister, a Carmelite nun, to come with him to Missing Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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. This guide refers to the eBook edition of this text, published in 2009 by Vintage Books.Ĭontent Warning: The source text contains descriptions of murder, death by suicide, animal abuse, maternal death, traumatic childbirth, sexual assault, and female genital mutilation.Ĭutting for Stone is the story of Marion Praise Stone and his twin brother, Shiva Praise Stone. In 2015, Verghese received a National Humanities Medal for his work. It was shortlisted for the 2009 Wellcome Trust Book Prize and longlisted for the 2011 International Dublin Literary Award. Cutting for Stone was widely praised by critics, was on the New York Times bestseller list for two years, and was included on Barack Obama’s 2011 summer reading list.
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