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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964612003321

Autore

Hall Meredith <1949->

Titolo

Without a map : a memoir / / Meredith Hall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Beacon Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8070-7272-9

1-299-56242-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

818/.609

B

Soggetti

Authors, American - 21st century

Teenage girls - Maine

Teenage pregnancy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes a reading group guide.

Nota di contenuto

The lonely hunter -- Waiting -- Stronghold -- The uprising -- Again -- Drawing the line -- Without a map -- A river of light -- Double vision -- Killing chickens -- Threshold -- Propitiation -- Chimeras -- Reckonings -- The river of forgetting -- Sojourn -- Outport shadows.

Sommario/riassunto

"A brave writer of tumultuous beauty." -- Entertainment Weekly "Beautifully rendered." -- Elle "A poignant, unflinchingly assured memoir." -- The Boston Globe   This "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.