{"product_id":"without-a-map-a-memoir-9780807072745","title":"Without a Map: A Memoir","description":"Meredith 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. She returns to New England and stitches together a life that encircles her silenced and invisible grief. When he is twenty-one, her lost son finds her. 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. What sets \u003ci\u003eWithout a Map\u003c\/i\u003e apart is the way in which loss and betrayal evolve into compassion, and compassion into wisdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3918870\"\u003eMeredith Hall\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.59w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807072745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807072745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeredith Hall\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from Bowdoin College at the age of 44. She wrote her first essay, \"Killing Chickens,\" in 2002. Two years later, she won the $50,000 Gift of Freedom Award from A Room of Her Own Foundation, which gave her the financial freedom to devote time to her memoir \u003ci\u003eWithout a Map\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer other honors include a Pushcart Prize and notable essay recognition in \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e. She was also a finalist for the Rona Jaffe Award. Hall's work has appeared in\u003ci\u003e the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCreative\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSouthern\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFive\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePoints\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSchooner\u003c\/i\u003e, and several anthologies. She teaches writing at the University of New Hampshire and lives in Maine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVisit Meredith Hall's website at www.meredithhall.org.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42688012353773,"sku":"9780807072745","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_292a72f9-90f9-4e33-a17e-533e82db3b0e.jpg?v=1649785011","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/without-a-map-a-memoir-9780807072745","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}