The Weight of Open Spaces

From the isolation of a rural childhood to the depths of a medical residency crisis, Samuel Morrison learned early how to be alone. But loneliness and solitude are not the same thing—a distinction he would spend decades learning.

In this literary novel spanning from 1974 to 2018, Samuel's journey unfolds across open spaces: the farmland of his youth, the suffocating corridors of medical school, and the emotional voids he carries within himself. As a brilliant but deeply disconnected young ma...