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A map of the world

On a dairy farm in the midwestern town of Prairie Center, Alice Godwin is watching her neighbor's daughters as well as her own. In a brief break that stretches out, her neighbor's daughter drowns in the farm's pond and Alice is the perfect scapegoat. At the same time, a seemingly trivial incident from Alice's past resurfaces to giant proportions leading to a harrowing court trial and the family's shattering downfall.

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  • "School nurse Alice Goodwin and her dairy farmer husband, Howard, are never truly accepted by the small community of Prairie Center. When the daughter of Alice's one friend, Theresa, dies after falling in the Goodwin's pond, the town turns vicious. Alice is accused of sexually molesting a troubled young boy in her school. As Alice awaits trial in jail, Theresa helps a stunned Howard cope at homee."
  • "On a dairy farm in the midwestern town of Prairie Center, Alice Godwin is watching her neighbor's daughters as well as her own. In a brief break that stretches out, her neighbor's daughter drowns in the farm's pond and Alice is the perfect scapegoat. At the same time, a seemingly trivial incident from Alice's past resurfaces to giant proportions leading to a harrowing court trial and the family's shattering downfall."@en
  • "Thirty-two-year-old Alice Goodwin began the unremarkable June day much as every other on the small dairy farm ... her oldest daughter Emma's tantrum ringing in her ears. Amid the din and confusion in the farmhouse, Alice dreams of how life might have turned out differently. Suddenly, within the span of minutes, Alice's map of her world is forever altered when her neighbor's two-year-old, left with Alice for the morning, wanders away and drowns in the farm pond."@en
  • "Thirty-two-year-old Alice Goodwin begins the unremarkable June day much as every other on the small dairy farm. Suddenly, within the span of minutes, Alice's map of her world is forever altered when her neighbor's two-year-old- left with Alice for the morning- wanders away and drowns in the farm pond. In the style of Jane Smiley and Sue Miller, award-winning author Hamilton composes an emotionally charged story of guilt, atonement and love that immerses the listener in Alice's private maelstrom of guilt."@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."@en
  • "On a dairy farm in the Midwestern town of Prairie Center, Alice Goodwin is watching her neighbor's daughters as well as her own. In a brief break that stretches out, her neighbor's daughter drowns in the farm's pond and Alice is the perfect scapegoat. At the same time, a seemingly trivial incident from Alice's past resurfaces to giant proportions leading to a harrowing court trial and the family's shattering downfall."
  • "On a dairy farm in the Midwestern town of Prairie Center, Alice Goodwin is watching her neighbor's daughters as well as her own. In a brief break that stretches out, her neighbor's daughter drowns in the farm's pond and Alice is the perfect scapegoat. At the same time, a seemingly trivial incident from Alice's past resurfaces to giant proportions leading to a harrowing court trial and the family's shattering downfall."@en
  • "Alice Goodwin's life is forever changed when her neighbor's two-year-old --left with her for the morning-- wanders away and drowns in the farm pond."
  • "Goodwins have a dairy farm but the small community has not warmed to them. When the neighbor's daughter drowns in the Goodwin farm's pond it is the beginning of the end."
  • "A taut, moving story about a midwestern farmer's wife, and the devastating accident that tests the bonds of her family, her friendships, and her own sanity."@en
  • "A woman seeking the perfect family life on a farm makes a single mistake that devastates her family and changes the lives of everyone involved beyond imagining."
  • "On a dairy farm in the Midwestern town of Prairie Center, Alice Goodwin is watching her neighbor's daughter as well as her own. When her neighbor's daughter drowns in the farm's pond, Alice is the perfect scapegoat. At the same time, a seemingly trivial incident from Alice's past resurfaces, leading to a harrowing court trial and the family's shattering downfall."
  • "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."@en

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  • "Sound recording"@en
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Audiocassettes"
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Legal stories"@en
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  • "A map of the world"
  • "A map of the world"@en
  • "A Map of the World [sound recording]"
  • "A Map of the world"
  • "A Map of the world"@en
  • "A map of the world /by Jane Hamilton"

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