I came up w/an extra copy of this so it's up for trade.

An Oprah book pick.

TPB 390pp

Released on Friday, April 25, 2003 at Whomever chooses it gets it! in Bookcrossing Bookbox :), Book Exchange USA.

Released into kafka's "no romance, no hardcovers" bookbox.

Just got this in a bookbox. Will read and re-release whenever the time comes up again! :) Thanks!!

Release planned for Wednesday, June 30, 2004 at Fellow BookCrosser in n/a, Sent to another BookCrosser Controlled Releases.

Sending off to scram33 for the start of a small bookray. Please PM the next person on the list to get their address when you are finished reading this book.

Here is the order:

scram33
grammarbroad
butlin
geegal

wiil read asap and send on to Grammarbroad. Thanks so much!

I was disappointed by this book. I was moved by Book of Ruth so maybe I came into this book with too high expectations. I found the characters flat and the storyline DULL. The jailhouse characters were too glib and wise to be believable. The story seemed to just hash out the same uneventful events over and over again from different characters points of view and each non-event seemed a cheap excuse to wax sentimental over some previous non-event. Thanks for the book. I'll pass it on to Grammarbroad and maybe she'll have a better experience with it.

I'm already reading one BookRay book, and I'll get right on this one afterwards. Thanks!

OK. I finished it. It was arduous. I think Oprah had a little conflict of interest here. But it was a good book. I'm looking forward to reading something light now. This ray will be on its way to New Hampshire ASAP.

#621

"In the tradition of The Good Mother by Sue Miller and Before and After by Rosellen Brown, A Map of the World is the riveting story of how a single mistake can forever change the lives of everyone involved--in ways that are beyond imagining. One unremarkable June morning, Alice Goodwin is, as usual, trying to keep in check both her temper and her tendency to blame herself for her family's shortcomings. Six years ago, when the Goodwins took over the last dairy farm in the small Midwestern town of Prairie Center, they envisioned their home as a self-made paradise. But these days, as Alice is all too aware, her elder daughter Emma is prone to inexplicable fits of rage, her husband Howard distrusts her maternal competence, and Prairie Center's tight-knit suburban community shows no signs of warming to 'those hippies who think they can run a farm.' A loner by nature, Alice is torn between a yearning for solitude coupled with a deep need to be at the center of a perfect family."

Mail released today on down the ray to Butlin. Enjoy!

Received over the weekend. Trying to get through all my other book rays. Will journal once I get started on this on.

I was not overly impressed with this book. Found it a little boring and pretty depressing to read. Will send it on its way.

Thank you butlin! also thanks to Raftqueen for arranging this ray! I just bought the movie that's based on this novel. Which shall I see/read first?

RELEASE NOTES:

Enjoy!!!!

rcvd in mail as accepted on Oprahs Book club Relay..
MAHALO for sending this along..