Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

A little bird told me that you're looking for a great book to read during your upcoming holiday vacation. A sprawling novel with superb writing, well-developed characters, and a wonderful story?

Well, get out your pencil from your pencil pouch, because I have the book for you!

This book has everything: a nun who gives birth, twins, an abandoning dad, political uprisings, homicide, suicide, love, unrequited love, and transplant surgery. What else are you looking for in a book??

I really, really enjoyed this book. I'm thinking of giving it to some people for Christmas.