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NOW A USA TODAY BESTSELLER, this inspiring narrative chronicles the journey of a woman who leaves a successful Madison Avenue career to confront the global maternal health crisis. Prefaced by a powerful foreword from best-selling author Abraham Verghese, this 2025 International Book Award Winner in Autobiography/Memoir highlights the impact of a small group’s faith and actions in addressing urgent issues. The sobering reality that a woman is most at risk of dying or suffering severe injury during childbirth is vividly illustrated when the author visits the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia. There, she witnesses young women suffering from obstetric fistula, a condition that leaves them shunned by their communities. Recognizing that surgery is the only solution, she decides to leave her advertising career behind and establish the Fistula Foundation in Silicon Valley, transforming it into a global leader in fistula treatment. Through compelling firsthand accounts from dedicated surgeons in Africa and Asia, the narrative reveals the fight to restore hope to vulnerable women. Supported by a compassionate network of donors from nearly 70 countries, the foundation operates without government funding, showcasing the profound impact of individual action. This personal journey serves as both an inspiring testament and a practical guide for those seeking to make a meaningful difference. All of the author’s net proceeds will sup

Špeciálne vydanie s farebnou oriezkou. Veľkolepý panoramatický román o láske, viere a medicíne od autora medzinárodného bestsellera Rez do živého zobrazuje život troch generácií juhoindickej rodiny, ktorú roky sužujú nevysvetliteľné tragédie. Kérala, India 1900. Dvanásťročné dievčatko, ktorému nedávno zomrel otec, nasadá do člna a plaví sa za svojím štyridsaťročným ženíchom, ktorého prvýkrát uvidí až na svadbe. Budúci manžel však zamlčal, že jeho rodinu už od nepamäti trápi nepochopiteľná pliaga. V každej generácii sa prinajmenšom jeden jej člen utopí – a v Kérale je voda všade. Zmluva s vodou rozpráva neobyčajný životný príbeh budúcej hlavy rodiny, Veľkej ammachi, a zachytáva jej radosti aj trápenia. Naprieč desaťročiami bola svedkyňou ohromných zmien, viera a láska však boli v jej živote prítomné vždy. Vďaka nim nikdy nestratila nádej, že sa jej podarí vymodliť pre rodinu vyslobodenie. Román vás prenesie do južnej Indie dvadsiateho storočia a je oslavou medicíny a ľudskej vynaliezavosti, ale aj pokorným svedectvom o utrpení, ktoré museli predchádzajúce generácie podstúpiť, aby sme ako ľudstvo mohli napredovať. Zmluva s vodou je intímny a autentický príbeh plný hlbokých emócií a právom ho možno považovať za jedno z najkvalitnejších literárnych diel, ktoré v posledných rokoch vznikli.

Kniha mladého neurológa, ktorého život zmenila nevyliečiteľná choroba.

Dva životy. Jeden osud. Príbeh o ranách, ktoré môže zahojit iba láska a čas. Na pozadí Etiópie šesťdesiatych rokov 20. storočia, zmietanej politickým napätím, vyrastajú dvojčatá Marion a Shiva v misijnej nemocnici. Ich matka – indická mníška – zomrela pri pôrode, otec – britský chirurg – zmizol. Ujali sa ich adoptívni rodičia, lekári, ktorí ich vedú v pestrom svete medicíny a viery k poslaniu liečiť. Dvojčatá však nerozdelí skalpel, ale láska k tej istej žene. Keď sa Marion po rokoch exilu v Amerike stretáva s minulosťou, musí sa spoľahnúť akurát na dvoch mužov, ktorým najmenej dôveruje: na otca, ktorý ho opustil ako novorodeňa, a na brata, ktorý ho zradil. Rez do živého je podmanivý román o rodine, strate, odpustení a o sile medicíny, ktorá nelieči len telo, ale aj rany na duši.

An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital. There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from drug addiction, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security in the sport they love and with each other. This friendship between doctor and intern grows increasingly rich and complex, more intimate than two men usually allow. Just when it seems nothing can go wrong, the dark beast from David’s past emerges once again—and almost everything Verghese has come to trust and believe in is threatened as David spirals out of control.

By the bestselling author of Cutting for Stone, a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest prejudices and fears. Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City had always seemed exempt from the anxieties of modern American life. But when the local hospital treated its first AIDS patient, a crisis that had once seemed an urban problem had arrived in the town to stay. Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases. Dr. Verghese became by necessity the local AIDS expert, soon besieged by a shocking number of male and female patients whose stories came to occupy his mind, and even take over his life. Verghese brought a singular perspective to Johnson City: as a doctor unique in his abilities; as an outsider who could talk to people suspicious of local practitioners; above all, as a writer of grace and compassion who saw that what was happening in this conservative community was both a medical and a spiritual emergency."