Without a Map

“Without a Map is stunning… Book groups, take note.”
—Booklist

“Hall’s memoir is a sobering portrayal of how punitive her close-knit New Hampshire community was in 1965 when, at the age of 16, she became pregnant in the course of a casual summer romance… Hall offers a testament to the importance of understanding and even forgiving the people who, however unconscious or unkind, have made us who we are.”
—O, The Oprah Magazine

“A brave writer of tumultuous beauty.”
—Entertainment Weekly

“A poignant, unflinchingly assured memoir.”
—The Boston Globe

“Each chapter of Without a Map is polished and elegantly written… the structure is shapely and the book yields poignant insights.”
—The Washington Post

“Hall pens a haunting meditation on love, loss, and family… she colors outside the lines with this memoir, full of unexpected twists and turns.”
—People

“Beautifully rendered.”
—Elle

Meredith Hall’s awards include a two-year literary grant from A Room of Her Own Foundation, a Pushcart Prize and Maine’s Book of the Year award. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Kenyon Review, The Paris Review, Five Points and many other journals and anthologies. Her debut novel, Beneficence, was published by David. R. Godine Publishing in 2020. Hall is Professor Emerita in the MFA writing program at the University of New Hampshire, and divides her time between Maine and California.

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