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The Covenant of Water
Family saga
The Covenant of Water
In 1900 Kerala, twelve-year-old Mariamma enters an arranged marriage and grows into the matriarch known as Big Ammachi. Across three generations, her family faces a mysterious tendency toward drowning while medicine, faith, caste, and political change reshape their world. The lives of relatives and physicians gradually converge as a younger Mariamma searches for the truth behind the condition and the secrets surrounding her birth. Expansive and compassionate, this saga suits readers who enjoy South Indian history, medical mysteries, complicated families, and novels that follow love and loss across most of a century.
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Death, drowning, illness, addiction, and surgical detail
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Kerala Lime Soda
Bright lime and spice for an expansive South Indian family story.
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- Combine the noncarbonated ingredients in a glass or shaker and stir or shake until mixed. Pour over ice, top with any carbonated ingredient, and stir gently.
- Garnish: Use a matching citrus wheel, berry, or herb from the recipe when available.
- Glassware: Highball glass.
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Celebration Prosecco
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Chilled Prosecco with a little edible shimmer makes the first toast feel like a celebration.
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- 5 oz chilled Prosecco
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- Pour chilled Prosecco into a flute. Add only a tiny pinch of food-grade edible glitter and stir once gently.
- Garnish: Food-grade edible glitter.
- Glassware: Champagne flute.
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