Books Like Off the Map by Joan Ackermann | Suggesting Reading

Off the Map What Do I Read Next?

The Batting Cage (1999), a play by Joan Ackermann, tells the story of two estranged sisters who make unlikely journeys as the try to regain their control of their lives after the death of their dearly loved third sister.

Marcus is Walking (1999), a play by Joan Ackermann, examines, in eleven short, offbeat vignettes, the emotional landscape people navigate while they travel in their cars.

How I Learned to Drive (1997), a play by Paula Vogel, examines the destructive and incestuous relationship between Li'l Bit and her uncle. It is written with frank language and straightforward honesty that creates a remarkably candid view of a dysfunctional family.

The Waverly Gallery (2000), a play by Kenneth Lonergan, is a potently impressive and frequently hilarious story about the last years of a fiery, talkative grandmother's battle with Alzheimer's disease.