![]() ![]() ![]() This winding narrative that follows two generations of a family that includes twin brothers straightaway reminds me of John Steinbeck's East of Eden, which was essentially cut in half in its 1955 movie adaptation that famously starred James Dean. The novel was informed by the Ethiopian-born Verghese's own experiences as a doctor, as detailed in his memoir My Own Country, and will be adapted by screenwriter Scott Teems, who wrote and directed the Hal Holbrook-fronted drama That Evening Sun. Still, the boys' share their father's gift for healing as well as a preternatural bond with each other both elements help them cope with the changing cultural landscape of Ethiopia as they mature. Their taboo relationship eventually yields two sons, who experience a tragic childhood after their mother dies and father vanishes. ![]() On a tumultuous sea journey she saves his life, and when destiny reunites them years later in a mission in Ethiopia, romance blossoms. Sister Mary Joseph Praise is a pious young nun in 1940s India, who meets an arrogant but debonair British doctor, Thomas Stone, while traveling to her missionary post in Yemen. ![]()
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