Cutting For Stone Characters

Question: Marion Stone

Answer: he is the protagonist and narrator of the novel

Question: Shiva Stone

Answer: at birth, he had been conjoined by the head with his brother; a medical complication that nearly claimed his life

Question: Sister Mary Joseph Praise

Answer: the mother of Shiva and Marion

Question: Dr. Thomas Stone

Answer: the skilled surgeon who meets Sister Mary Joseph Praise on a ship bound for Africa, and impregnates her at Missing Hospital seven years later

Question: Hema

Answer: the highly, skilled obstetric surgeon who works at Missing Hospital

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