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