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Rent A Map of the World (Oprah's Book Club)
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published: Dec 1999
Genre: Fiction - General
Retail Price: $15.95
Pages: 389
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.
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Reviews
A complicated and unexpected story. The ending is surprisingly endearing, and you find yourself identifying with the characters and asking yourself, what would I do?