{"product_id":"without-a-map-a-memoir-paperback-1","title":"Without a Map: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMeredith Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe national best-selling memoir about banishment, reconciliation, and the meaning of family \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This \u003ci\u003esobering portrayal\u003c\/i\u003e of a pregnant teen exiled from her small 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller, now with a new epilogue from the author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeredith Hall's moving but unsentimental memoir begins in 1965, when she becomes pregnant at 16. 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. She returns to New England and stitches together a life that encircles her silenced and invisible grief. Her lost son tracks her down when he turns 21, and 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. Here, 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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.5 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763879543072,"sku":"9780807016312","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5f9e2b8d6faefb7c622863ef360644f5.webp?v=1780241093","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/without-a-map-a-memoir-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}