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East of the mountains [unabridged]

Ben Givens, a widowed, retired heart surgeon with terminal cancer, sets out on what he hopes is his final hunt, travelling through the American West.

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  • "Ben Givens, a widowed, retired heart surgeon with terminal cancer, sets out on what he hopes is his final hunt, travelling through the American West."@en
  • "When Dr. Ben Givens left his home in Seattle, he never intended to return. It was to be a journey to a place of canyons, sagelands and orchards, where Ben Givens had entered the world and would now take his leave of it. What transpired was not the journey he anticipated."@en
  • "Ben Givens, a widowed, retired heart surgeon with terminal cancer, sets out on what he hopes is his final hunt, traveling through the American West."
  • "Ben Givens, retired heart surgeon, has terminal colon cancer. He is determined to avoid suffering and so, accompanied by his two hunting dogs, he sets out on a journey through the American West on his last hunt."@en
  • "Ben has colon cancer, so with his two hunting dogs he sets out through the mythic West on his last hunting trip. A novel of personal discovery."
  • ""Dr Ben Givens had been a bypass heart surgeon, admired in his field. The fallibility of the human body had been distant from him until a diagnosis of his own condition - which he concealed even from his own family. Therefore, when Ben left his home in Seattle, he never intended to return. It was a journey past snow-covered mountains to a place of canyons, where, on the verges of the Columbia River, Ben had entered the world and would now take his leave of it. What transpired was not the journey he anticipated..."--Container."
  • "With just a few months to live, retired surgeon Ben Givens sets out across the Cascade Mountains for a hunting trip, planning to disguise his suicide as an accident. His trip also begins a journey of memories, of his childhood, war experiences, and the love for his dead wife. A series of chance encounters forces him to change course."
  • "A retired heart surgeon, recently widowed, does not wish to confront his terminal colon cancer. He decides to go on a last hunt in his home state of Washington."
  • "A retired heart surgeon, recently widowed, does not wish to confront his terminal colon cancer. He decides to go on a last hunt in his home state of Washington."@en
  • "Dr Ben Givens had been a heart surgeon, admired in his field. The fallibility of the human body had been distant from him until a diagnosis of his own condition, which he concealed even from his family. Therefore, when Ben left his home in Seattle, he never intended to return. It was to be a journey past snow-covered mountains to a place of canyons, where, on the verges of the Columbia River, Ben had entered the world and would now take his leave of it. What transpired was not the journey he had anticipated."@en
  • "Unabridged."
  • "A widower dying of cancer sets out into the American desert determined to face death on his own terms."@en

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  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Adventure stories"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
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  • "Adventure fiction"@en

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  • "East of the mountains [unabridged]"@en
  • "East of the Mountains Read by Edward Herrmann"@en
  • "East of the mountains"@en
  • "East of the mountains"
  • "East of the Mountains"@en
  • "East of the Mountains"
  • "East of the mountains /by David Guterson"

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