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Without a Map: A Memoir
by Meredith Hall
from Beacon Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Memoir Through Whirligig Eyes
  Meredith Hall writes "The whirligig [water bug] can synthesize these two distinct realms [above and below the water's surface], creating a cohesive picture of the world above and the world below. I've always envied this ability. Imagine being able to see what is before you and at the same time what lies beneath the surface, the obscured, the unannounced, the threatening.
  "I wish that I had had these eyes, had been able to see both realms: what was at the surface and what might lie below, the warning... more info

• Could not get into this book.
  Did not like it. Writer seems to bounce from story to story. I could not really get into this book and ended up reading two other books in between. This book will probably end up on my yard sale box:(

• Without a Map
  Without a Map: A Memoir Meredith Hall is so young and so unprepared for motherhood at the age of sixteen. In 1965 pregnancy out of marriage was so taboo. No one came to this girl's assistance. Everyone shunned her - parents, school, community and church. She has spent her whole adult life searching and the events of her life are forever influenced by that incident. This book lends iself to discussions of so many topics( relationships, identity, the sixties vs the present, adoption, and survival to name only... more info

• without a map
  without a Map, captured how some women live their lives wondering every secound what happened to their child which was given up for adoptions.

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