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It's 1964, and Evelyn-an adventurous and romantically inclined twenty-one-year-old-joins 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.
About the author
Evelyn Kohl LaTorre grew up in rural Southeastern Montana, surrounded by sheep and cattle ranches, before coming to California with her family at age sixteen. She holds a doctorate in multicultural education from the University of San Francisco, and a master’s degree in social welfare from UC Berkeley. She worked as a bilingual school psychologist and school administrator in public education until her retirement. Evelyn loves to travel; to date, she and her husband have traveled to some 100 countries. You can view her stories and photos on her website, www.evelynlatorre.com. Her writing has appeared in
World View Magazine, The Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, the
California Writers Club Literary Review, the
Tri-City Voice, Dispatches, and
Clever Magazine. She is currently completing a second book about the struggles and triumphs of a bicultural marriage in the US. Evelyn lives in Fremont, California.
Summary
It’s 1964, and Evelyn—an adventurous and romantically inclined twenty-one-year-old—joins 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.
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