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A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton (1999, Paperback) 
A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton (1999, Paperback)

 
A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton (1999, Paperback)

Publisher: Anchor Books
Publication Date: 1999-12-01
Series: Oprah's Book Club
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0385720106
ISBN-13: 9780385720106
Product ID: EPID1645092
Description: A farmer's wife who is also a school nurse has possibly been responsible for the drowning death of a child--and then, in a separate incident, she is accused of molesting a child in her care. These horrifying events and their increasingly...
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Synopsis
A farmer's wife who is also a school nurse has possibly been responsible for the drowning death of a child--and then, in a separate incident, she is accused of molesting a child in her care. These horrifying events and their increasingly tense and thriller-like repercussions raise questions about life in the heartland of America.

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Publication Date:1999-12-01
Series:Oprah's Book Club

Size
Length:389 pages
Height:7.0 in
Width:4.8 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:11.2 oz

Publisher's Note
While under the care of Alice Goodwin, a neighbor's child drowns in the Goodwins' pond, a devastating accident that has profound repercussions for the entire Goodwin family, in a story set in a small Midwestern farm town.

Industry Reviews
"Brilliant, unforgettable story about friendship, loyalty, guilt, and forgiveness--and the vicious power of the mob to destroy innocent lives."
Quammen

"Like Sue Miller's GOOD MOTHER and Rosellen Brown's BEFORE AND AFTER, this new novel by Jane Hamilton aspires to combine a melodramatic soap-opera plot with highly tuned literary writing, the pacing of a thriller with the psychological detail of a Bildungsroman....[t]he results are something of a mixed bag: bizarrely clumsy and contrived scenes combined with highly moving moments of exceptional emotional clarity, and a motley cast of characters, ranging from the stereotyped to the dexterously well drawn....[The] difficulties are, to some degree, offset by the strengths of Ms. Hamilton's writing: her eye for the emotional detail, her expert manipulation of point of view, her ability to show us Alice's fears and delusions, her need for penance and her yearning for redemption. The reader only hopes that Ms. Hamilton's next book will better showcase her considerable gifts."
Kakutani

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