New York: Grove Press, (2023). SIGNED first edition - A sweeping epic novel which follows three generations of a close-knit Indian family living in Kerala in Southwestern India - the family are Indian Christians, descendants of those first converted by St. Thomas in the first century A.D. who lead which are both tough and joyful. It opens in 1900 as a 12-year-old girl prepares for an unwanted arranged marriage, and ends in 1977, when that girlÕs physician granddaughter arrives at a shocking discovery. The New York Times called it "grand, spectacular, sweeping and utterly absorbing. Verghese has a gift for suspense, and his easy relationship to language draws you through the narrative effortlessly." This edition includes a note to readers from Verghese in which he talks about drawing on stories told by his mother for this book. SIGNED on the title page. 715 pp.