Book description
Jonathan Kepler wants to climb Spoon Mountain with his grown son and
daughter on his sixty-fifth birthday in three weeks. The kids, Ben and
Miranda, think he's crazy. For starters, Spoon Mountain is almost the
tallest alpine peak in New Mexico. Jonathan's health is terrible.
Still reeling from his third, nearly fatal, divorce, he has a rotten
heart, serious asthma, and a fed-up girlfriend who is about to drop
him like a bad habit. Once a celebrated novelist, Hollywood
screenwriter, and environmental activist, Jonathan is now tottering at
the ragged end of his career and yearning to make amends to his
children for his past sins before it's too late.
Years ago, Spoon Mountain was very special to the Kepler family. They
once shared halcyon days in the wilderness. Can they go home again?
Does Spoon Mountain offer redemption . . . or annihilation? And why is
getting there so laden with pratfalls?
John Nichols is at his hilarious and poignant best in this rollicking
tale of love, anarchy, and the awesome Rocky Mountains. It is
drop-dead comedy with an inspiring and beautiful message.
John Nichols's first novel was The Sterile
Cuckoo and his most recent is The Empanada Brotherhood.
In between he wrote The Milagro Beanfield War, a southwestern
classic, and sixteen other books. Nichols lives in Taos, New Mexico.
