East of the mountains / David Guterson.

Title:

ISBN:

9780151002290

Personal Author:

Guterson, David

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Harcourt Brace & Co., [1999]

Physical Description:

279 pages : map ; 24 cm

Summary:

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.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.7 14.0 30511.

Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.7 14 30511.

Geographic Term:

Seattle (Wash.) -- Fiction

Subject Term:

Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer -- Patients -- Fiction.

Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction

Hunting accidents -- Fiction.

Suicide victims -- Fiction

Surgeons -- Fiction

Older men -- Fiction