Our chat with Dr. Verghese

Last night we had the incredible opportunity to discuss "Cutting for Stone" with the author, Dr. Abraham Verghese via speaker phone. What a treat! He was as eloquent and articulate as the words in his book. He was very gracious and answered ALL of our questions along with a couple extra because he said he was having such a good time speaking with us. It was wonderful to sit in the Maxwell Perkins library and speak with another literary giant. The creative energy and passion was palpable. He mentioned that he attributes a lot of the success of the book to clubs like ours. This book is close to his heart and is to our as well now. It will be joining the shelves of the Maxwell Perkins library at Snapdragon Inn for sure!

If you couldn't make it last night or are interested check out this NPR interview discussing the book. His thoughts on the relationship and collaboration with his editor was especially of interest to us thanks to our connection with famed editor, Max Perkins.

Thank you NPR and Thank you Dr. Verghese for your time and thoughts. He asked that in order to complete this event that we take a picture of our club so he see could the faces of the people he was talking to.

We might not be able to speak with the author of our next book, but we have a wonderful time reading and discussing. Our next meeting is Thursday April 28th at 7PM and we are reading "Swan Thieves".