Albion Book Club

Join the Albion Book Club to discuss "The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese. Meet in person here at the Albion Library, or contact us for a Zoom link.

"Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala’s long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this unforgettable new beginning, the young girl—and future matriarch, known as Big Ammachi—will witness unthinkable changes over the span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only constants.

"A shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself, The Covenant of Water is a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the difficulties undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. It is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years."

You may also like the following events from Albion Branch Library:

• This month, 18th June, 11:00 am, Summer Reading Launch + String Art in Albion
• This month, 25th June, 11:00 am, Summer Reading Activity - Cyanotypes in Albion
• Next month, 2nd July, 09:30 am, Veterans Affairs Presentation in Albion

Also check out other Arts events in Albion, Literary Art events in Albion.