Notes from the Other Side of the Mountain – Love Confronts the Wounds of War

Notes from the Other Side of the Mountain
339 Pages
ISBN 9780692949030

J. Allen Whitt’s debut novel introduces Gary Reed, a shy and inexperienced 17-year old who discovers first love in a small mountain town in the Southwest. Threatened by the draft, he joins the Navy and is pulled into the Vietnam War. His vivid, first-person narration places us aboard a Navy warship where routine can quickly turn deadly.

Traumatized by his experiences in Vietnam, Gary returns to his hometown, hoping to rekindle a relationship with Kristina Preston, his former sweetheart, and recover peace of mind within the tranquility of the mountains.

Yet, as their relationship deepens, Kristy reveals that she, too, is tormented by events from her past. Their hidden injuries and unexpected twists of fortune will place in jeopardy all they have — and all they hope for.

J. Allen Whitt

About J. Allen Whitt (Albuquerque, New Mexico Author)

J. Allen Whitt

J. Allen Whitt is an award-winning author and a Vietnam veteran of three combat deployments to the Gulf of Tonkin aboard an aircraft carrier. He recently retired as a Professor Emeritus of Sociology and now enjoys writing creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.

His novel, Notes From the Other Side of the Mountain: Love Confronts the Wounds of War, was a finalist in the 2013 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. “The Endurance of Letters,” an essay of remembrance, won first place in a national creative writing contest for veterans.

He has other publications in such magazines as Military Experience and the Arts, Fifty Something, Lyric, Matador, Cream City Review, Lowestoft Chronicle, Good Old Days, Reminisce, Front Porch, Veterans’ Voices, Westview, Concho Review, and Louisville Magazine.