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East of the mountains / David Guterson.

Guterson, David, (author.).

Summary:

A 73-year-old Seattle widower and retired heart surgeon, Ben Givens is an old hand at turning isolation to his advantage, both professionally and personally. Ben has been dealt a problem entirely beyond his powers of manipulation: a diagnosis of terminal cancer. With just a few months to live, he sets out across the Cascades for a hunting trip, planning to take his own life once he reaches the high desert. Between present-tense episodes, which demonstrate Ben's cranky commitment to his own extinction, we learn about his boyhood in Washington's apple country, his traumatic war experience in the Italian Alps, and the beginning of his vocation.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0151002290
  • ISBN: 1400032652
  • ISBN: 9780151002290
  • ISBN: 9781400032655
  • Physical Description: 279 pages : map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harcourt Brace & Co., [1999]

Content descriptions

Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.7 14 30511.
Subject: Colon (Anatomy) > Cancer > Patients > Fiction.
Hunting accidents > Fiction.
Older men > Fiction.
Reminiscing in old age > Fiction.
Suicide victims > Fiction.
Suicide > Fiction.
Surgeons > Fiction.
Seattle (Wash.) > Fiction.
Genre: Action and adventure fiction.
Hunting fiction.
Psychological fiction.

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  • 58 of 59 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Johnston County Affiliated Libraries.

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Kenly Public Library FIC Gut (Text) 38950008337497 Adult Fiction Available -
Mary Duncan Public Library FIC Gut (Text) 38950610906606 Adult Fiction Available -

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