Meredith Hall's long journey from an inexcusably betrayed girlhood
to the bittersweet mercies of womanhood is a triple triumph--of
survival; of narration; and of forgiveness. "Without a Map" is a
masterpiece.
--David James Duncan, author of "The Brothers K and God Laughs and
Plays"
"Heartbreaking, uplifting, and luminous, "Without a Map" contains
some of the most lyrical and evocative prose I have I ever read.
Meredith Hall's story of loss, shame, and betrayal is also a story
of joy, reconnection, and survival; each memory takes us deep to
the marrow of sorrow and celebration. " --Kim Barnes, author of "In
the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country"
Winner of the "Elle" nonfiction readers' pick for the month of
April:
"In this stark, stunning, and devastating account of being shunned
by her family and New England community after giving birth out of
wedlock in the '60s, Hall writes about what was and what might have
been. Particularly moving is her haunting description of wandering
in Europe and the Middle East, ultimately shoeless, penniless, and
utterly alone. Refreshingly, she tells about life via a collection
of beautifully rendered sketches instead of a linear
narrative."--Sheila McClear, NYC
"Meredith Hall is like a geiger counter ticking along the radium
edge of these recent decades. She gives us self as expert
witness--"Without a Map" is smart, sharp, and redemptively honest."
--Sven Birkerts, author of "The Gutenberg Elegies" and "My Sky Blue
Trades"
"Meredith Hall boldly charts one of the bravest of stories, the
journey from disrupted youth up through that most tricky and
forbidding territory, the family circle. Bone-honest and strong in
its every line, this work of memory is a remarkably deep retrieval
of its times and souls, thereby reflecting our own."--Ivan Doig,
author of "Heart Earth"
""Without A Map" tells an important and perceptive story about
loss, about aloneness and isolation in a time of great n
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