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Map of the world

A woman is falsely accused of molesting a child and goes to jail. The drama begins when Alice Goodwin, a school nurse in a small town in Wisconsin, has a moment of inattention while caring for children and one of them drowns, an occasion for the community to settle scores with an outsider. By the author of The Book of Ruth.

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  • "A map of the world"@ja
  • "A map of the world"@it
  • "Map of the world"

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  • "A woman is falsely accused of molesting a child and goes to jail. The drama begins when Alice Goodwin, a school nurse in a small town in Wisconsin, has a moment of inattention while caring for children and one of them drowns, an occasion for the community to settle scores with an outsider. By the author of The Book of Ruth."
  • "A woman is falsely accused of molesting a child and goes to jail. The drama begins when Alice Goodwin, a school nurse in a small town in Wisconsin, has a moment of inattention while caring for children and one of them drowns, an occasion for the community to settle scores with an outsider. By the author of The Book of Ruth."@en
  • "The Goodwins, Howard, Alice, and their little girls, Emma and Claire, live on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Although suspiciously regarded by their neighbors as "that hippie couple" because of their well-educated, urban background, Howard and Alice believe they have found a source of emotional strength in the farm, he tending the barn while Alice works as a nurse in the local elementary school."
  • "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. Praised by reviewers for its intimate portrayal of the minds of its characters, a novel by the author of The Book of Ruth chronicles one family's decay through guilt and betrayal. Reprint. K. PW."
  • "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. Praised by reviewers for its intimate portrayal of the minds of its characters, a novel by the author of The Book of Ruth chronicles one family's decay through guilt and betrayal. Reprint. K. PW."@en
  • "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."
  • "The Goodwin family live on a small Wisconsin dairy farm, isolated from their community, rejected as "hippies" by most of their neighbours. Their only friends are the Collins family, until tragedy strikes. One of the Collin's young daughters, being babysat by Alice Goodwin, drowns in a pond whilst Alice is not watching for a few moments. When an incident from the past comes to light at the same time, Alice finds herself becoming the scapegoat for an entire community."@en
  • "A woman is falsely accused of molesting a child and goes to jail. The drama begins when Alice Goodwin, a school nurse in a small town in Wisconsin, has a moment of inattention while caring for children and one of them drowns, an occasion for the community to settle scores with an outsider."@en
  • "A cloth bag containing thirteen copies of the title, that may also include miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book group discussion leaders."
  • "La trentaine, Alice Goodwin mène une vie rangée aux côtés de son mari Howard dans une ferme du Wisconsin. Malgré son travail d'infirmière à l'école et l'éducation à donner à ses deux filles, elle éprouve un sentiment d'échec. Alors qu'elle a la garde de la fille de sa voisine Thérésa, un accident survient."
  • "Een verpleegkundige en moeder van twee kinderen wordt beschuldigd van ontucht met een 6-jarig jongetje."
  • ""When a neighbor's daughter drowns while under Alice Goodwin's care, a seemingly trivial incident from Alice's past resurfaces and takes on gigantic proportions.""@en

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  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Legal stories"
  • "Legal stories"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Translations"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en

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  • "Map of the world"@en
  • "Das Gewicht des Lebens : Roman"
  • "A map of the world : [novel]"
  • "Nachtzijde"
  • "La mappa di Alice"
  • "La mappa di Alice"@it
  • "Enochē kai prodosia : mythistorēma"
  • "A map of the world"
  • "A map of the world"@en
  • "La Carte du monde"
  • "マップ・オブ・ザ・ワールド"
  • "La carte du monde"
  • "Map of the World [L]"
  • "Mappu obu za wārudo"@ja
  • "Mappu obu za wārudo"
  • "Nachtzijde = Map of the world"
  • "Das Gewicht des Lebens Roman"
  • "A Map Of The World"@en
  • "A Map of the World"

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