A Map of the World
by:
Jane Hamilton (author)
Pen /Hemingway Award-winning novelist Jane Hamilton follows up her first success, The Book Of Ruth, with this spectacularly haunting drama about a rural American family and a disastrous event that forever changes their lives.
Pen /Hemingway Award-winning novelist Jane Hamilton follows up her first success, The Book Of Ruth, with this spectacularly haunting drama about a rural American family and a disastrous event that forever changes their lives.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780385473118 (0385473117)
Publish date: May 1st 1992
Publisher: Anchor
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Drama,
Family,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
too depressing. did not finish
this book started out so intense, it was almost brutal to read. i felt like it got a bit less heavy as it went along (ironic considering the subject matter - sexual abuse of a 6 year old) but remained pretty intense. i was always wanting to read on and keep turning the pages, but needing to put th...
I gave a book to a coworker, saying that it was one of the most depressing books I'd ever read, but that I thought she might like it. In return, I think she felt compelled to suggest something depressing in return. This was pretty depressing. I didn't care for the protagonist at all, and I never r...
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