ASIN: B00DX6IV0E
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 237
In the harshest corner of Bolivia, a land pock-marked by cloud-greeting mountains and strangled by impenetrable jungles, a small band of peasants struggle to ignite a small flame of hope in a starving populace. Colorful and warm, the superstitious, fun-loving peasants capture the heart and imagination of a beautiful American housewife. Sick of her dead-end job at an insurance company and lonely in her marriage, Annie agrees to go on a three-week trip that will irrevocably change her life. At the orphanage where she is spending her vacation volunteering, Annie meets Peter, the amicable, British expatriate, whose quiet, unselfish dedication she comes to admire. She is fascinated by his charm, his tender compassion and the mysterious political activities that unite him to the country’s downtrodden inhabitants. Days before her scheduled flight home, Annie recklessly agrees to accompany her ...
