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A map of the world / Jane Hamilton.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of the widely acclaimed The Book of Ruth comes a harrowing, heartbreaking drama about a rural American family and a disastrous event that forever changes their lives. The Goodwins, Howard, Alice, and their little girls, Emma and Claire, live on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Although suspiciously regarded by their neighbors as "that hippie couple" because of their well-educated, urban background, Howard and Alice believe they have found a source of emotional strength in the farm, he tending the barn while Alice works as a nurse in the local elementary school. But their peaceful life is shattered one day when a neighbor's two-year-old daughter drowns in the Goodwins' pond while under Alice's care. Tormented by the accident, Alice descends even further into darkness when she is accused of sexually abusing a student at the elementary school. Soon, Alice is arrested, incarcerated, and as good as convicted in the eyes of a suspicious community. As a child, Alice designed her own map of the world to find her bearings. Now, as an adult, she must find her way again, through a maze of lies, doubt and ill will. A vivid human drama of guilt and betrayal, A Map of the World chronicles the intricate geographies of the human heart and all its mysterious, uncharted terrain. The result is a piercing drama about family bonds and a disappearing rural American life. - Publisher description.
Record details
- ISBN: 0385473109
- ISBN: 9780385473101
- ISBN: 0385500769
- ISBN: 9780385500760
- ISBN: 0385473117
- ISBN: 9780385473118
- ISBN: 0385720106
- ISBN: 9780385720106
- Physical Description: 389 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 1994.
Content descriptions
| Awards Note: | Oprah Book Club selection. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Drowning > Fiction. Children > Death > Fiction. Farm life > Middle West > Fiction. Dairy farms > Middle West > Fiction. Middle West > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Legal stories. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at scottsboropl.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| scottsboropl | F Ham | 32269001235137 | Adult - Fiction | Available | - |
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