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#7 I don't think that The Tennis Partner is fiction. I thought it was Memoir.

... Year Best Five Books of Fiction Starred 1. Dust and Honey – Piers Moore Ede 2. Loon – Jack McLean 3. The Tennis Partner – Abraham Verghese 4. What the Deaf-Mute Heard – G. D. Gearino* 5. The Dawning of the Day: A Jerusalem Tale - Haim Sabato* 6. T ...

Obviously I can't recommend in my own country and the tennis partner too highly. Unlike many med/epi books for non-specialists, these aren't books that are out to scare the reader or influence behavior or policy; rather they are books that put humanity back into medicine and medical research (t ...

Phew I miss one day, Stasia, and I have to spend 15 min. catching up on your thread. I just got The Tennis Partner in the mail recently after loving Cutting for Stone so I expect to read it sometime in 2010. Did you say you're not going to buy any books next year? Really?

I'll probably read The Tennis Partner next year. His other two books, My Own Country and Cutting for Stone are spectacular. I'll get to The Book of Imaginary Beings someone in the future, after my TBR collection shrinks a bit.

... errors, which are rife throughout as it was written when the author was about 8-10 years old; recommended 502. The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese - nonfiction; I greatly enjoyed Verghese's My Own Country when I read it and so looked forward to this book with anticipation, ...

... choices. But Verghese wins out in my mind by both being the protagonist AND being a terrific writer and story teller. His the tennis partner is a harrowing and loving story of his love of tennis and attempt to mentor a talented resident who was both a v. good tennis player and a relapsing hard ...

I am finishing up Vanished Smile before beginning A War Imagined. I am also still reading Lost Battalions and The Tennis Partner.

For this week I have Atonement by Ian McEwan on the nightstand, as well as The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese. A friend just lent that one to me. I also just finished Mr. Maybe by Jane Green last night--I needed something that was way at the other end of the spectrum after ...

OK, that list was way too long! I've deleted it. If anyone wants the alphabetized list, tell me and I'll send it to you.

... confession, I deleted Goat and The Big Year off my wish list. I think my "love" for you got me a little carried away. The Tennis Partner is the one that I would probably read first, so glad that you liked it the best. Cutting for Stone is on my wish list as well, but I'm waiting for ...

You picked some good ones with those four. I'd have to say that The Tennis Partner was the one I liked the most. It was a very touching story. I'll be looking for more books by Abraham Verghese. Rat was unlike anything I'd ever read before. I'm a "rodent" person, having bred hamsters ...

... stuff: a book about competitive obsessive compulsives (The Big Year), a vermin's life experiences (Rat), addiction (The Tennis Partner), or fraternity hazing (Goat)? Oh, what the heck, they all sound like books that I would like to read; I'll tag you on all four. Thanks, Madeline! ...

... Yasunari Kawabata Crow Lake - Mary Lawson Rat - Andrzej Zaniewski Goat: A Memoir - Brad Land The Tennis Partner - Abraham Verghese The Big Year - Mark Obmascik The Wasp Eater - William Lychack The Dawning of the Day : A Jerusalem Tale - Haim ...

... Going Gray - Anne Kreamer (4) 4. Goat: A Memoir - Brad Land (4) 5. Electroboy - Andy Behrman (4) 6. The Tennis Partner - Abraham Verghese (5) 7. The Longest Trip Home - John Grogan (4.5) 8. Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith - Anne Lamott (4) 9. Gaby ...

102. The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese I noticed this book because of the success of his most recent novel (which I have not ...

... brilliant; one of my very favorite writers, especially his essays. I am still despondent over his loss. Tennis fiction: The Tennis Partner. Convincing portrait of addiction, but also of the weekly tennis game, that refuge from the world. Tennis non-fiction: Levels of the Game Classic ...

... 19. Going Gray - Anne Kreamer 20. Goat: A Memoir - Brad Land 21. Electroboy - Andy Behrman 22. The Tennis Partner - Abraham Verghese - Global Author Challenge 23. Touch and Go - Eugene Stein 24. The Big Year - Mark Obmascik 25. Fatal Light - R ...

... the hands of others 5. Electroboy - Andy Behrman - 4 stars - a man describes the manic side of bipolar disorder 6. The Tennis Partner - Abraham Verghese - 5 stars - a man describes a friendship based on tennis 7. The Longest Trip Home - John Grogan - 4 stars - a man describes ...

... Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam Riding Toward Everywhere The Tennis Partner If Today Be Sweet The Oath Peter and the Secret of Rundoon

OK - finally finished Cutting for Stone. While not quite as gracefully written as Verghese's previous non-fiction book the tennis partner, CfStone is, non the less a terrific "modern historical" novel. The stories follow the interlocking lives of two twined Indian brothers, and their family (whi ...

OK - finally finished Cutting for Stone. While not quite as gracefully written as Verghese's previous non-fiction book the tennis partner, CfStone is, non the less a terrific "modern historical" novel. The stories follow the interlocking lives of two twined Indian brothers, and their family (w ...

... Amy, of a book I already have on the Planet. I also read Verghese's My Own Country earlier this year and currently have The Tennis Partner on the nightstand next to my bed ready for my attentions (one of these centuries). I think Verghese is one of those authors that I am going to begin ...

... to read Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction, but in the meantime I must recommend that you read The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese, a sad and beautiful story of friendship and drug addiction. It was one of my best reads so far this year. Oh, it helps if you ...

Interview w/ Abraham Verghese, author of my own country, the tennis partner and cutting for stone - his first novel. http://wamu.org/audio/dr/09/05/r1090525-26626.asx Diane Rehm show. I've read the first two medical autobiographies which were/are terrific and have cutting for stone on ...

I added The Tennis Partner and Frida's Bed. I've been seeing a lot of posts about Verghese books around LT and I'm interested in learning more about Frida Kahlo. I read a book a couple of years ago that she was a side character in. I can't remember the name anymore. I'm sure I'll consider ...

... 500 - Science 1. 598 - The Big Year - Mark Obmascik - Aves (Birds) 2. 600 - Technology 1. 610 - The Tennis Partner - Abraham Verghese - Medical science 2. 641 - The Face on Your Plate: The Truth About Food - Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson - Food & drink 3. 641 - Garl ...

... excerpt. I recently finished a fabulous book about a former cocaine abuser. The Tennis Partner is a memoir by Dr. Abraham Vergese, a physician at a hospital in El Paso, Texas. The story is of his friendship with a medical student who had a history ...

#156: I just read Verghese's My Own Country and enjoyed it. I have both his Cutting for Stone and The Tennis Partner on Continent TBR. I agree with you about his style - he is very readable and I cannot wait to get to his other books.

... any of Rex Stout (I hadn't), Fer-de-Lance is a good starting place because it sets the series up nicely. #263: The Tennis Partner is the next Verghese book on my agenda. I hope I enjoy it as much as you did, Madeline. #264: Linda, since I do not think you are particularly ...

... rice 8) What is the best book you've read in the past year? Either Loon: A Marine Story by Jack Mclean or The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese 9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be? Maus by Art Spiegelman 10) W ...

... A Doctor's Inspiring Encounters with Mortality and Miracles by Keith Black, MD, and a friend sent me a copy of The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese.

I hope you like The Tennis Partner as much as I did! Reluctantly, I gave up on Lost City Radio which I really wanted to like. I just didn't like the author's fractured writing style and never found an easy flow within that story. I tossed the book after 60 pages or so in favor of The Big Y ...

I've added The Tennis Partner to my Bookmooch wishlist. It sounds excellent!

#41: I checked, SC, but my local library does not have The Tennis Partner in yet, so it may be a while before I can get my hands on it. I hope it is soon!

#39: Thanks for the link, SqueakyChu. I will look for The Tennis Partner as well as Verghese's other works once I am done with My Own Country.

... Verghese... There was one review on Amazon (and I do take all Amazon reviews with a grain of salt) that gives a review of The Tennis Partner. It describes the author as just the kind of person I imagine him to be from reading his book. It's the review dated October 11, 2000 by "A Customer". ...

I was riding home the other evening on the DC Metro while finishing up The Tennis Partner. Near the end of the book was one part that started to make me cry. I had to subtly wipe away the tears and slip the book into my bag so I wouldn't look ridiculous crying on the train. I finished up the ...

22. The Tennis Partner - Abraham Verghese This is a gorgeous and sad memoir about the friendship of the author, a physician, and one ...

... I probably looked like an idiot today as I sat crying on the train while reading the ending to Abraham Verghese's The Tennis Partner. I pretended I wasn't crying by just gently dabbing under each eye and putting the book slowly back in my bag. I only have a few more pages to go. I'll ...

#54 Squeak - I just finished My Own Country and as a result have put The Tennis Partner in my cart at bookcloseouts.com. In the meantime, I have Cutting for Stone waiting for me to get to it. Seems like Abraham Verghese is going to be the author of which I've read the most in 2009.

... back to back unintentionally. I'm really excited to have discovered Abraham Verghese and am enjoying his book, The Tennis Partner, very much now. I'm going to be looking for his other two books for sure. Of the memoirs I've completed so far in 2009, I like Loon: A Marine Story ...

... I'm not going to think about it until April (I know it's only in two days). I'm deep into a book now by Abraham Veghese (The Tennis Partner). I'll have to check the due date before I start readingSweetsmoke so that if I decide that's my pick, I'll have time to finish it. The fact that ...

I just arrived in El Paso, Texas (USA), with The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese. I'm shocked by the "newness of the land" and the "new folklore to digest".

... things about author Abraham Verghese so I picked up two copies (I didn't know I had the first copy of this book) of The Tennis Partner which I started last night. I think I'll like this book. I was a bit confused by who the characters were in the beginning of the book, but I think I ...

All of the Verghese books are now on my tbr list. And, one of my long-term friends is a physician who practices wholistic, as well as "traditional' medicine. I'm going to obtain some the books to give to her as a present. Thanks for your recommendations.

... of My Own Country. In between My Own Country and Cutting For Stone, he wrote another excellent non-fiction book, The Tennis Partner, which continues the story of his career begun in My Own Country. The Tennis Partner partly focuses on his relationship with an extraordinary but ...

... 19. Going Gray - Anne Kreamer 20. Goat: A Memoir - Brad Land 21. Electroboy - Andy Behrman 22. The Tennis Partner - Abraham Verghese - Global Author Challenge 23. Touch and Go - Eugene Stein 24. The Big Year - Mark Obmascik 25. Fatal Light - R ...

... too personally involved w/ his patients' lives. For better or for worse I'd read his 2nd autobiographical/medical story the tennis partner first and knew the outcome of that lifeline. Both the tennis partner and my own country are among the very best medical bios/autobiographies i've ...

... to the Lower East Side (NYC), though... Bob, I take it that you're enjoying My Own Country so far. I'll have to get The Tennis Partner soon. One phrase that I commonly use (and may have used in a previous post) is "Doctors get paid to do, not to think". I can make a LOT more money ...

... to buy for various friends - all internists/pediatricians/family care docs. Verghese has also clearly worked on "style" -the tennis partner is, better written; but both are equally worth reading and equally moving. And on to his novel next. I esp. liked the paragraph fairly early on in ...

I've read, and recommend Verghese's My Own Country and The Tennis Partner. I've been wanting to read Cutting for Stone, since every review I've read of it has been positive, but I've been trying to wait til it comes out in paperback. Don't know how much longer I'm going to be able to ...

... My Own Country, about establishing a medical practice (and a life) in Tennessee during the early days of AIDS; and The Tennis Partner, about mentoring a drug-addicted medical student. This book’s title comes from a passage in the Hippocratic Oath whereby doctors promise not to "cut ...

... seem to produce a good % of well written books: from the well told case studies of Sacks to Verghese's heartrending memoir the tennis partner.

AFRICA: Ethiopia 1. The Tennis Partner - Abraham Verghese - This novel has a doctor in an El Paso hospital befriending a medical student based on their mutual love of tennis. Cocaine addiction troubles their relationship. The author was born in Ethiopia to parents from Kera ...

the tennis partner was excellent - well it combined public health/medicine and tennis in a well written autobiographical tragedy, so it conjoined several of my interests in one book.

... Going Gray - Anne Kreamer (4) 4. Goat: A Memoir - Brad Land (4) 5. Electroboy - Andy Behrman (4) 6. The Tennis Partner - Abraham Verghese (5) - Review 7. The Longest Trip Home - John Grogan (4.5) 8. Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne ...