Ellen Alexander Conley has transformed
her own experiences in Haiti into a wry and
moving tale set in South America.
Liat Bloom, wife, mother, and physician,
living in New York City, suddenly is struck by
the lack of meaning in her life. Feeling the best
part of herself going to waste, she goes on
strike, withdrawing from her family until she
reaches a decision to go, for a few months, to
her old Peace Corps station at Schweitzerville,
a clinic in the high bush country of Colombia.
Liat finds a land where poverty, hunger, and
revolution have hundreds of human faces, and
she is driven to interrelate deeply with a
complex array of characters. We meet the
charismatic Dr. Marquis de Botero, her
clinic supervisor and soon her lover, a man
profoundly disturbed by the hunger and illness
he sees daily. We follow mysterious Merta,
nurse-midwife and teacher, as she makes her
rounds on horseback among the mountain
villages, teaching Liat revolution by quiet
example. And we watch Buddy, Liat s husband,
as his love and respect exceed the boundaries
of a conventional marriage.
But at the heart of the story is the remark-
able Liat, characterized by serious purpose,
bottomless empathy, and an irrepressible sense
of humor that enlivens every page. This is
a novel of such beauty and power that the
reader will be unable to forget its images
and impact.
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