Love, All

If you liked Cutting for Stone, you know how talented Abraham Verghese is at writing. (Why do some people have all the talent? And brains?) This look back at his early days in Texas, trying unsuccessfully to salvage his marriage and finding an outlet seems so intimate that at times, I felt like I was intruding. In the midst of this anguish, Abraham meets David, a once near-great tennis player who is a medical student under his tutelage. An occasional game becomes a routine, and then a friendship, but a complicated one. David's past is gradually revealed and both tennis players evolve, for better or worse.