Abstract:
Through the eyes of a small town Midwestern American, this memoir describes how a pristine remote area of Colombia was invaded by war and social change. Kathryn Arango and her husband homesteaded for years in his native land until the innocence of their isolated paradise was lost and the country whirled into chaos brought on by the insatiable appetite for cocaine coming from abroad and the money it generated. Based on letters sent to her family and diaries kept during those years, this story has all the elements of a fascinating novel—adventure, danger, love—except—it really happened.