Meredith Hall (born March 25, 1949) is a writer and professor emeritus at the University of New Hampshire. She is the author of the memoir Without a Map and the novel Beneficence. At 44, Hall graduated from Bowdoin College and began writing.

Meredith Hall is the award-winning author of Beneficence and the New York Times–bestselling memoir Without A Map.

Without a Map is bestselling author Meredith Hall's unflinching memoir about banishment, reconciliation, and the meaning of family.

Meredith Hall is the award-winning author of Beneficence and the New York Times–bestselling memoir Without A Map.

Meredith Hall’s awards include a two-year literary grant from A Room of Her Own Foundation, a Pushcart Prize and Maine’s Book of the Year award. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Kenyon Review, Good Housekeeping, Five …

May 13, 2007 · In 1965, 16-year-old Meredith Hall became pregnant. Her community shunned her, and after giving up her child for adoption, she wandered the world. Hall's new memoir, Without a Map,...

Hall’s moving but unsentimental memoir begins in 1965, when she becomes pregnant at sixteen. Shunned by her insular New Hampshire community, she is then kicked out of the house by her mother. Her father and stepmother reluctantly take her …

Nov 20, 2021 · Few writers know the human heart and the burden of grief as New York Times bestselling author Meredith Hall (Without a Map). Beneficence is a radiant novel of goodness and love—both its gifts and its obligations—that will stay with readers long after the last page.

Jan 1, 2007 · Meredith Hall's moving but unsentimental memoir begins in 1965, when she becomes pregnant at sixteen. Shunned by her insular New Hampshire community, she is then kicked out of the house by her mother.

Sep 10, 2020 · With lyrical precision, Hall dissects how grief reshapes each member and pushes them into newfound territory. The result is a profoundly moving family saga that provides an engrossing reading experience.