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Its 1964, and Evelynan adventurous and romantically inclined twenty-one-year-oldjoins the Peace Corps and is sent to the Andes, where she falls in love with her village, her indigenous pupils . . . and a university student. Violating the sexual prohibitions of her Catholic upbringing, she finds herself pregnant and must choose whether to marry the father of her unborn child.

(Paperback)

After former Peace Corps volunteer Evelyn marries Antonio, her handsome Peruvian boyfriend, and they settle in Northern California, they struggle to find jobs, a home, and further their university educations. In the decades that ensue, employment opportunities oceans apart, financial difficulties, and cultural differences threaten their marriage.