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Original Title:	The Tennis Partner
ISBN:	0060931132 (ISBN13: 9780060931131)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	El Paso, Texas(United States)

The Tennis Partner

Abraham Verghese

Paperback | Pages: 345 pages

Rating: 3.9 | 5578 Users | 717 Reviews

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An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone.

When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital. There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from drug addiction, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security in the sport they love and with each other. This friendship between doctor and intern grows increasingly rich and complex, more intimate than two men usually allow. Just when it seems nothing can go wrong, the dark beast from David’s past emerges once again—and almost everything Verghese has come to trust and believe in is threatened as David spirals out of control.

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Title	:	The Tennis Partner
Author	:	Abraham Verghese
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 345 pages
Published	:	September 22nd 1999 by Harper Perennial (first published 1998)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Health. Medicine. Biography

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Ratings: 3.9 From 5578 Users | 717 Reviews

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A whole lot of people have read and loved Cutting for Stone. It has 314,679 Goodreads ratings, 51% of which were five stars. Many fewer (5,100) have rated this earlier Verghese book. That's unfortunate. (Not the popularity of Cutting for Stone, rather the fact this fascinating memoir remains largely undiscovered). Yes, it does feature tennis, but in the same way that M*A*S*H features surgery. The principals connect through it, but you dont have to appreciate its finer points to enjoy the story

This novel is for tennis players and those who have never picked up a racket. I found this novel engrossing. The author describes an interesting relationship between doctor and medical student/ a newly divorced man and a former tennis pro struggling to accept himself. Though there could have been more depth of character, the author chose to leave some details for the imagination of the reader. Tennis has little to do with the story and it has everything to do with the story.

This painful, but stunning, memoir is special in a few ways. There aren't many memoirs that write about adult male friendships in such detail. Dr. Verghese--an internist going through a divorce--and his Australian medical student, David Smith, maintain their friendship through their weekly tennis exchanges. Verghese learns that Smith, a former professional player, has a major drug problem that's compounded by the fact that Smith is now in medical school. Verghese, inspired by Smith's friendship

A glimpse into the worlds of tennis, physicians and the hazards of addiction. It is a story of a friendship told with great sadness and honesty. Beautifully and precisely written.

I loved this book and return to it periodically. It's on my "gift reading list" for any addiction counselors, psychiatrists, internists that I know because it provides such a dynamic, rich, narrative process for thinking about how people survive and don't survive traumatic experiences like becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol. It shows scene by scene and moment by moment how a life can be broken and pieced together if someone can believe enough.

I read this book years ago -- 'after' reading "Cutting for Stone".A Goodreads friend wrote me today asking if I would write a review of this book)...MY PLEASURE!!!!!!!The Tennis Partner is a non-fiction story about Abraham Verghese and his friend --(another medical doctor).The 'best' recommendation I could give --is to NOT read other reviews...Do NOT read the blur..Do NOT read the back of the paperbackDo NOT try to figure out what will happen in this story...I found going in 'blind' --TRUSTING--

Abraham Verghese is an incredibly elegant writer. This is my second book by himself,the other was Cutting for Stone also a 5 star novel. In this novel,which is heavily autobiographical but marketed as fiction. It centres on a teaching hospital where the teaching doctor who's marriage is on the rocks finds friendship in a recovering drug addict intern.Verghese writes his characters with such compassion that it's equally riveting,dark & disturbing.