Abraham Vergheese

Aug 18, 2023 | emissourian.com | Timothy Egan |T.J. Newman |Jane Chapman |Abraham Vergheese

“The Covenant of Water” by Abraham Vergheese“The Covenant of Water” is a novel which tells the story of three generations of a family living in southwest India from the early 1900s until the 1970s. The family suffers from a strange affliction which results in a series of deaths related to water. No one has ever tried to solve the mystery of the family curse until Mariamma marries into the family.