Without a Map

Without A Map by Meredith Hall

This is her first book, a memoir. Ms. Hall graduated from college at the age of 44 and went on to write, publishing numerous essays and garnering several prestigious awards.

Her life in this book starts when she gets pregnant at the age of 16 in 1965 and this resulted in the abandonment of herself from her family and of her son, given up for adoption. This book was interesting to me because I knew of a girl who was swept away after she got herself into the same predicament and I often wondered what became of her.

The story is a testimony of the author’s resilience and her pitfalls. Not an earth-shattering book but definitely worth a read, especially if you’re a child of the ‘60s.

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