First Draft - Abraham Verghese
First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
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The Importance of Water in a Family
The book is about a family in Kerala where many generations have died from drowning. The author says she came to the idea organically, but also had been interested in a report of a very rare condition. She was more empathetic and conscious of how much she took for granted in her own interactions with water.
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