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Book Review of A Map of the World

A Map of the World
A Map of the World
Author: Jane Hamilton
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Synopsis
A farmer's wife who is also a school nurse has possibly been responsible for the drowning death of a child--and then, in a separate incident, she is accused of molesting a child in her care. These horrifying events and their increasingly tense and thriller-like repercussions raise questions about life in the heartland of America.