A Map of the World A Novel

A harrowing, heartbreaking drama about a rural American family and a disastrous event that forever changes their lives. Howard and Alice Goodwin, a couple regarded with suspicion by their Wisconsin neighbors as 'that hippie couple' due to their well-educated, urban background, live on a dairy farm with their two young daughters. Their life is shattered when a neighbor's two-year-old daughter drowns in the Goodwins' pond while under Alice's care. Tormented by the accident, Alice descends further into darkness when she is then accused of sexually abusing a student at the local elementary school where she works as a nurse. Alice is arrested, incarcerated, and convicted in the eyes of a suspicious community. As an adult, Alice must find her way through a maze of lies, doubt, and ill will, as the novel chronicles the intricate geographies of the human heart, guilt, and betrayal.

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