HarperCollins, March 2011
From Brunonia Barry, the New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader, comes an emotionally compelling novel about finding your true place in the world.
A respected Boston psychotherapist, Zee Finch has come a long way from a motherless childhood spent stealing boats. But the actions of a patient throw Zee into emotional chaos and take her back to places she thought she'd left behind.
What starts as a brief visit home to Salem begins a larger journey. Suddenly having to care for her ailing father after his longtime companion moves out, Zee must come to terms with a strained and awkward relationship that has always been marked by half-truths and haunted by the untimely death of her mother. Overwhelmed by her new role, Zee must destroy the existing map of her life and chart a new course -- one that will guide her not only into her future but into her past as well.
Paperback | ISBN: 9780007314553 | Publication Date: March 2011
Reviews:
"The Map of True Places is admirable in many ways. . . The voice behind
the plot turns is both liable and engaging. "
-- Washington Post
"In the end, readers will have seen a talented novelist at work,
with characters who are real and a story that will move them."
-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"An ambitious work. . .beautifully written."
-- Boston Globe
"The meditations on American history, assisted suicide,
reincarnation and celestial navigation are informative and even
endearing…the voice behind the plot turns is both likable and engaging."
-- Carolyn See, The Washington Post
"Masterfully woven with a cast of unforgettable characters set loose in
a world so specific and real, The Map of True Places is a gripping
quest for truth that kept me reading at the edge of my seat to the very
last page."
-- Lisa Genova, New York Times
Bestselling author of Still Alice
"A novice psychotherapist finds unsettling parallels between a
patient's suicide and her mother's history in Barry's second (The Lace
Reader, 2008). . . This woman-in-jeopardy thriller retooled with
gothic elements - shifting identities, secrets and portents, a
deserted
cottage and a missing suicide note -- manages to transcend."
-- Kirkus Reviews starred review
"Barry's considerable latest delves into the long-lingering effects of
a mother's suicide. . . This is a lovingly told story with many
well-drawn characters, who sooner or later reconsider the courses
charted by personal decisions and circumstance."
-- Publishers Weekly