Summary of Meredith Hall's Without a Map

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#1 I was 16 and at the beach reading a book when a boy dropped down beside me and began talking to me. He was self-assured and flirty, and I was instantly attracted to him. But I was also afraid, because I had never been alone with a boy before. I wanted him to stay, but he had to go to the casino with his friend.

#2 I was 16 and at the beach when a boy dropped down beside me and began talking to me. I was attracted to him, but I was also afraid because I had never been alone with a boy before.

#3 My mother, who was 16 in 1965, was at the beach when a boy dropped down beside her and began talking to her. She was attracted to him, but she was also afraid because she had never been alone with a boy before.

#4 My teenage sister, who was 16 in 1965, was at the beach when a boy dropped down beside her and began talking to her. She was attracted to him, but she was also afraid because she had never been alone with a boy before.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Sep 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350000184

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was 16 years old when I met Skeet on the beach in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. He was a young man with black curly hair and dark skin. He wore no shirt or shoes, and his legs and chest were covered in thick, black curly hair. I was scared, but I also felt a sudden rising power and a new sense of my body and skin.

#2

In 1965, my mother forbade us children from going to the beach in New Hampshire, except for one summer when my grandmother drove us down to the beach in her 1955 Ford. We spent the evening walking with the crowd, stopping at our favorite stores.

#3

My mother went to the beach with me each day that summer, and she worked with Peter, the editor of New Hampshire Profiles magazine, on a federally funded project. They studied the causes of the riots the year before, and came up with recommendations to prevent them from happening again.

#4

I was a good girl, and I followed the old rules until my mother met Peter and stepped into his world. Now, I was on my own to make up the new rules. I spent the first weeks of the summer holding myself to the old rules. Then one day, I shop in the cheap little stores along the beach while I wait