East of the mountains
By: David Guterson
Edition: 1st Harvest ed.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Co.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Suicide; Reminiscing in old age; Cancer; Hunting accidents; Surgeons; Colon (Anatomy); Fiction; Patients; Older men
Description: In Washington State, a widowed doctor suffering from cancer takes a hunting trip, the real purpose of which is to commit suicide, which he will masquerade as an accident. But Dr. Ben Givens' resolve is tested by several events which reaffirm the joy of living--he cheats death by fighting off wolves and helps a girl give birth.