Move Over Mountain
Move Over Mountain by Spencer K. M. Brown is a literary fiction novel published by J.New Books on November 26, 2019. This 228-page work explores the profound challenges faced by John Underwood, a sixty-eight-year-old man who confronts life’s difficult questions when his wife, Sylvia, is hospitalized and teetering between life and death. As John grapples with his own epilepsy and the fear of losing his memories of Sylvia, he reflects on their shared moments and the circumstances that have led him to this painful juncture.
In this poignant narrative, readers will find John’s struggle against isolation and fear as he contemplates reaching out to his estranged daughter, Valerie. Set against the backdrop of the rural North Carolina mountains, the story delves into themes of memory, connection, and redemption. As winter unfolds, John’s journey is marked by a battle with his conscience and the emergence of hope through a newfound relationship with his grandson. Move Over Mountain invites readers to reflect on the complexities of life and the human experience.
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Written in a style of Per Peterson meets John Banville and Jesmyn Ward, Move Over Mountain is a poetic and starkly moving novel for readers who contemplate life’s difficult questions and fear their simplest answers.
In the span of one winter, John Underwood, a quiet and distant sixty-eight-year old man is suddenly forced to reckon with the present moment when his wife Sylvia is rendered unconscious, hospitalized, and left lingering somewhere between life and death.
Plagued by epilepsy, John fears that, as his seizures continue, he will eventually lose all memory of his wife if she dies. Day after day, he sits at her bedside, clinging desperately onto all of the precious moments of quiet, ordinary life, hoping to make sense of what brought him to this painful moment.
As winter approaches and John refuses to let Sylvia go, he is tormented by his own gnawing conscience, urging him to reach out to his estranged daughter, Valerie. As the dark battle against his fearful heart rages on, a glimmer of hope emerges when John meets his grandson for the first time.
Set against the backdrop of the rural North Carolina mountains, Move Over Mountain tells the story of one man’s fall into the grips of self-made fear and isolation, and his journey to find redemption.
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