Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Now this was a satisfying and enjoyable book, although I was strangely not perhaps as moved by the ending as some have been. This novel explores the relationship between two brothers, their foster parents, their estranged parents (their mother who died at birth, their father who ran away) and others in the mission ("Missing") hospital in Addis Ababa. Lots of complex relationships, this book also explores briefly the complex relationship between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and the relationship between India, Ethiopia and America. The main characters are all medical ones, and it is clear from Verghase's writing that he too is a medical man who knows what he is writing about. A book that pulls you in.