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Book Review – East of the Mountains by David Guterson

When you first look at the cover of East of the Mountains by David Guterson, you see a dark gray sky with barren mountains and a field full of dying grass.  Throughout the picture runs a gravel road which passes an apple orchard on the way to the mountains in the background.  The cover provides a excellent visual of the tale that Guterson tells.  This is a tale of a doctor named Ben Givens who was recently diagnosed with terminal colon cancer.  He has three months to live, and intends to travel east of the mountains to end his life on his own terms. 

Ben Givens is in a tough spot in his life.  He was recently diagnosed with colon cancer after finding a painful lump on his side, his wife has died, he does not see his kids enough anymore, and he is nearing the end of his life at age seventy two.  Knowing that he has three months to live, he comes up with an elaborate plot to tie up his loose ends and go on one last trip to end his life.  This includes planting certain objects in his home to look like he just stepped out for a few hours, packing a few pairs of hunting clothes along with his shotgun, and preparing food and supplies for his two hunting dogs who will be traveling with him.  Ben’s plot is to go on one last hunting trip in a wilderness area he is familiar with and then shoot himself so he does not have to suffer anymore. 

After loading up his Scout with all of his materials and his two dogs, he set out for the mountains.  His diplomacy are quickly changed when one of his dogs climbs up into the front seat area and causes Givens to crash his vehicle.  He wraps the Scout around a tree, charitable him a grave cut on the forehead and a huge black eye.  His dogs escaped the accident unharmed, but now Givens was wedged in the middle of nowhere on a drizzling night.  A young, hippie couple arrived shortly while driving to nowhere in particular, and helped Givens to safety.  They fed him some snacks and struck up conversation about how Ben is incredibly fortunate that he did not die before arriving at a local town.  Givens paid a towing company to scrape his vehicle off the side of the road and then chose he must continue on with his diplomacy.  Not having a vehicle would make his remaining days much more hard, but he said goodbye to the hippie couple and started walking with his dogs. 

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