{"product_id":"without-a-map-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Without a Map: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMeredith Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A brave writer of tumultuous beauty.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully rendered.\" --\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A poignant, unflinchingly assured memoir.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \"sobering portrayal\" of a pregnant teen exiled from her New Hampshire community is \"a testament to the importance of understanding and even forgiving the people who . . . have made us who we are\" (\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeredith Hall's moving but unsentimental memoir begins in 1965, when she becomes pregnant at sixteen. Shunned by her insular New Hampshire community, she is then kicked out of the house by her mother. Her father and stepmother reluctantly take her in, hiding her before they finally banish her altogether. After giving her baby up for adoption, Hall wanders recklessly through the Middle East, where she survives by selling her possessions and finally her blood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe returns to New England and stitches together a life that encircles her silenced and invisible grief. Her lost son finds her when he is twenty-one. Hall learns that he grew up in gritty poverty with an abusive father--in her own father's hometown. Their reunion is tender, turbulent, and ultimately redemptive. Hall's parents never ask for her forgiveness, yet as they age, she offers them her love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat sets \u003ci\u003eWithout a Map\u003c\/i\u003e apart is the way in which loss and betrayal evolve into compassion, and compassion into wisdom.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeredith Hall\u003c\/b\u003e's awards include a two-year literary grant from \u003cb\u003eA Room of Her Own Foundation\u003c\/b\u003e, a \u003ci\u003ePushcart\u003c\/i\u003e Prize and Maine's Book of the Year award. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Kenyon Review, The Paris Review, Five Points\u003c\/i\u003e and many other journals and anthologies\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHer debut novel, \u003ci\u003eBeneficence\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by David. R. Godine Publishing in 2020. Hall is Professor Emerita in the MFA writing program at the University of New Hampshire, and divides her time between Maine and California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.44 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53458023547187,"sku":"9780807072745","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/yrihfgnuG_9780807072745.webp?v=1781278575","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/without-a-map-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}