without a map

Meredith Hall's memoir Without a Map is amazing.
her life reads as though it is three very seperate lives.
yet, somehow it is all one.
i think this is a great memoir that speaks to the complexity of people
the layers and masks we create that shape our experiences
kudos.
i particularly love how hall writes
it is so beautiful and poetically written
the entire book reads smoothly
just to give a slight hint of what this memoir entails:
she is 16
pregnant
and because of that completely and totally
neglected from her mother and father
she is sent away
told she can never be seen
so she spends her entire pregnancy hiding
with only her baby
she talks to her baby and rubs her belly and develops a bond
however. she will never see her baby in the flesh.
the doctors and nurses take her new baby
and give it to a new family
it will take a wild trek with a false love,
a struggle to re-establish herself as a legit human being,
the ultimate forgiveness, and a lot of time in her darkness
before she will ever meet this baby again.
and his abusive family.
the way hall expresses her forgiveness
is amazing.
so amazing.
i can not describe it.
you just have to read it for yourself.
bring a tissue!