Compilations of short stories written by David Guterson. That are largely based in the pacific northwest of it vast landscape. This Collection of power, that prose like the scent of gunpowder looks into Hunting, fishing and sport’s of men’s lives.
Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense (1992)
David Gusterson’s honest perspective on children education and our common life. Expressing his opinion on homing schooling children making a good discussion on the topic. This book was written for Guterson and his wife home schooled their children.
Snow Falling on Cedars (1994)
Post-war sentiment on world war 2 are still running high. Carl, a fisherman was found dead in his own nets. Was he murdered? The murder suspect is Kabuo, another fisherman and Japanese-American. Who is believed to hold a grudge on Carl’s family. Ishmael, a small town newspaperman may have information on the murder, but can he put aside his love for Hatues, his ex-girlfriend and Kazou’s wife?
The Drowned Son (1996)
The Hutchinson's son was looking for direction and sought out adventure in Alaska. where he was met with death in October in an accident on a fishing boat. Months later the skipper meet with the parent to tell the of the accident. Helping the parent face their conflict and find closure. To understand their son and what drove him on.
East of the Mountains (1998)
When Ben Givens discovers he has terminal cancer, he refuses to sit back and wait for death. Taking his life into his own hands, he goes on one final hunting trip with his two beloved dogs. He treks into the American West that becomes much more than his final journey.
Our Lady of the Forest (2003)
Ann Holmes is a fragile, pill-popping teen-aged runaway. She receives a visitation from the Virgin Mary while picking mushrooms in the woods of North Fork, Washington. In the ensuing days the miracle recurs, and the declining logging town becomes the site of a pilgrimage of the faithful and desperate. Ann herself is drawn more deeply into what is either holiness or madness seamlessly splices the miraculous and the mundane.
The Other (2008)
John William Barry and Neil Countryman shared a love of the outdoors, trekking often into Washington's remote back country where they had to rely on their wits—and each other—to survive. Soon after graduating from college, Neil sets out on a path that will lead him toward a life as a devoted schoolteacher and family man. But John William makes a radically different choice, dropping out of college and moving deep into the woods. When he enlists Neil to help him disappear completely, Neil finds himself drawn into a web of agonizing responsibility, deceit, and tragedy—one that will finally break open with a wholly unexpected, life-altering revelation.
Ed King (2011)
In Seattle of 1962, Walter Cousins, a mild-mannered actuary takes a risk of his own and makes the biggest error of his life: He sleeps with Diane Burroughs, the sexy, not-quite-legal British au pair who’s taking care of his children for the summer. When Diane becomes pregnant and leaves their baby on a doorstep, it sets in motion a tragedy of epic proportions. The orphaned child, adopted by an adoring family and named Edward Aaron King, grows up to become a billionaire Internet tycoon and an international celebrity—the “King of Search”—who unknowingly, but inexorably, hurtles through life toward a fate he may have no way of reversing.
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