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Abraham Verghese was born in 1955 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Indian parents. The second of three brothers, Verghese grew up in Ethiopia and went on to study medicine there until Emperor Haile Selassie, who recruited Verghese's parents, was deposed.

Escaping the ensuing political unrest, Verghese and his parents relocated to New Jersey in 1974, where Verghese worked in various medical settings, such as hospitals and nursing homes.

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Encountering racism and professional setbacks, Verghese describes this period of his life as “tumultuous” and hopeless, though these experiences paved the way for his future career as a physician, ethicist, and writer. To earn his medical degree, Verghese moved to India and studied at Madras Medical College before returning to the United States to complete his residency.

Despite his myriad qualifications, Verghese was only able to find work in poorly funded hospitals in rural settings,