This week, we feature a naval history of an important British evacuation and a lush novel about the fate of three generations of an Indian family.
Fiction ‘The Covenant of Water’
By Abraham Verghese
This is a lovely, sweeping novel of epic proportion following the fates of three generations of a family living on India’s Malabar Coast. This beautiful region is dominated by a network of canals, and the intricate waterways set the stage for this family’s haunting legacy: At least one in each generation dies from drowning. The story begins in 1900 with a young girl about to be wed. Her future is at the heart of the narrative. Through tragedies and triumphs, love and faith are a constant….