Without a Map

A Memoir

Meredith Hall

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Beacon Press
14 May 2024

Biography: general

The national best-selling memoir about banishment, reconciliation, and the meaning of family

""This sobering portrayal 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"" -O, The Oprah Magazine

The national best-selling memoir about banishment, reconciliation, and the meaning of family

""This sobering portrayal 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.""-O, The Oprah Magazine

A New York Times Bestseller, now with a new epilogue from the author

Meredith 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.

By: Meredith Hall
Imprint: Beacon Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780807016312
ISBN 10: 0807016314
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 14 May 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Prologue: Shunned Chapter One: The Lonely Hunter Chapter Two: Waiting Chapter Three: Stronghold Chapter Four: The Uprising Chapter Five: Again Chapter Six: Drawing the Line Chapter Seven: Without a Map Chapter Eight: A River of Light Chapter Nine: Double Vision Chapter Ten: Killing Chickens Chapter Eleven: Threshold Chapter Twelve: Propitiation Chapter Thirteen: Chimeras Chapter Fourteen: Reckonings Chapter Fifteen: The River of Forgetting Chapter Sixteen: Sojourn Chapter Seventeen: Outport Shadows Epilogue: Gratitude

Meredith Hall's awards include a two-year literary grant from A Room of Her Own Foundation, a Pushcart Prize and Maine's Book of the Year award. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Kenyon Review, The Paris Review, Five Points and many other journals and anthologies. Her debut novel, Beneficence, 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.

Reviews for Without a Map: A Memoir

"""Without a Map is stunning... Book groups, take note."" —Booklist ""Hall's memoir is a sobering portrayal of how punitive her close-knit New Hampshire community was in 1965 when, at the age of 16, she became pregnant in the course of a casual summer romance... Hall offers a testament to the importance of understanding and even forgiving the people who, however unconscious or unkind, have made us who we are."" —O, The Oprah Magazine ""A brave writer of tumultuous beauty."" —Entertainment Weekly ""A poignant, unflinchingly assured memoir."" —The Boston Globe ""Each chapter of Without a Map is polished and elegantly written... the structure is shapely and the book yields poignant insights."" —The Washington Post ""Hall pens a haunting meditation on love, loss, and family... she colors outside the lines with this memoir, full of unexpected twists and turns."" —People ""Beautifully rendered."" —Elle"