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Unmapped: The (Mostly) True Story of How Two Women Lost at Sea Found Their Way Home
Stephanie Phillips and Charlotte Getz never expected to raise their families anywhere but home, in the American South. But then...life happened.
Quirky, hilarious, and (mostly) true, Unmapped is the tale of two long-distance friends who found home—together and apart—in unexpected exile. This spiritual memoir duet is unlike anything you've ever read.
Quirky, hilarious, and (mostly) true, Unmapped is the tale of two long-distance friends who found home—together and apart—in unexpected exile. This spiritual memoir duet is unlike anything you've ever read.
369 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 15, 2019
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April 27, 2019
Laugh-Out-Loud funny, honest, thoughtful, creative, and encouraging!
January 26, 2025
This is the best book I’ve ever read.
September 8, 2018
There is no quick way to describe this book. I've tried, of course, because I've mentioned it to almost all my friends I've talked to in the past month.
It's a memoir. Sort of. But also fiction? You see, the authors are these hilarious women who find themselves having to move (like physically) in oddly parallel situations, so they wrote a book together. But in the book they're on a boat. Metaphorically, of course. And then there's parts that aren't about the boat at all, but sort of are. And there's some letters to therapists and prayers and fake dialogue, but also great essays like you'd typically find in a memoir---you know what? Just read it.
I think it's fitting that the book can't really be put into a neat little box because clearly Charlotte and Stephanie are women who defy any boxes you give them. They are funny, raw, honest, and most of all beautiful writers.
Why should you read this book? Well, because if you are an adult for any length of time you know what it means to be adrift - whether because of motherhood or finances or loss or moving or any myriad of things. Stephanie and Charlotte write so specifically and honestly about their experiences that as you read you'll feel SEEN, even if you've never moved across the country or overseas. Case in point: I got to the last page and I sobbed. Not just a tiny bit of tears, but had to get up out of my bed and find a tissue because I was snotting all over the place sobbed.
I mailed the book to a friend this week. Get it. Read it. You won't regret it.
It's a memoir. Sort of. But also fiction? You see, the authors are these hilarious women who find themselves having to move (like physically) in oddly parallel situations, so they wrote a book together. But in the book they're on a boat. Metaphorically, of course. And then there's parts that aren't about the boat at all, but sort of are. And there's some letters to therapists and prayers and fake dialogue, but also great essays like you'd typically find in a memoir---you know what? Just read it.
I think it's fitting that the book can't really be put into a neat little box because clearly Charlotte and Stephanie are women who defy any boxes you give them. They are funny, raw, honest, and most of all beautiful writers.
Why should you read this book? Well, because if you are an adult for any length of time you know what it means to be adrift - whether because of motherhood or finances or loss or moving or any myriad of things. Stephanie and Charlotte write so specifically and honestly about their experiences that as you read you'll feel SEEN, even if you've never moved across the country or overseas. Case in point: I got to the last page and I sobbed. Not just a tiny bit of tears, but had to get up out of my bed and find a tissue because I was snotting all over the place sobbed.
I mailed the book to a friend this week. Get it. Read it. You won't regret it.
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