School nurse Alice and her dairy farmer husband Howard Goodheart create the compass for a unique journey in Jane Hamilton’s A Map of the World as their way of life is slowly unraveled when a friend's child drowns in their pond. This loss sparks a series of events that leaves Alice mentally unstable and on trial for accused child molestation; while Howard deals with the loss of the dairy farm struggling to keep their family together as they await the end of the trial that will forever change their lives.
