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A middle-aged midwife from Indiana travels to Central America, doing what she can for the impoverished and war-traumatized people she encounters. Along the way, she becomes involved with a lover who leaves her and a priest who, in the end, stays true to his vocation. The culmination of her work is the establishment of a school and clinic for poor children in Guatemala--an achievement that, ultimately, she feels was worth the sacrifice of her personal life.
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"[B]rooding, tragic, and accomplished..." - Lawrence W. Lichty (Hungry Mind Review, Spring 1999)
"[T]hough no happy endings are possible in the treacherous world Patricia Henley describes so vividly, the novel closes on a note of hope that is memorable because it has to be so qualified, so cautious." - James De Mille (Times Literary Supplement, 12/17/99)
"The message here seems to be that personal connection is the wellspring of political involvement, and Henley frequently expresses this in expert language....Henley does a fine job of demonstrating the cost of compassion." - Danny Burns (New York Times Book Review, 11/7/99)
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