Lina O'Reilly feels the need to escape from the stifling environment of her strict Catholic upbringing. Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's call to service, she volunteers for the Peace Corps, and is sent to a small Latin American country with a history of violence and class warfare. The other volunteers in her group run the gamut from religious fanaticism to promiscuity, from 1960s idealism to calculating self-interest. Lina is soon caught up in a spiral of politics, corruption, sensuality and exotic religion. Then, finding herself at the center of a bloody uprising she does not understand, Lina struggles to survive in a world that is fast disintegrating.
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Elaine Reidy served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic from 1963 to 1965. She was evacuated from the Dominican capital by U. S. Marines in the wake of a violent revolution and civil war.After returning to the United States, she embarked on a long and successful career as a book and paper conservator. She was chief of the celebrated book conservation studio of Carolyn Horton before moving to the New York Public Library as Book Conservator. Ms. Reidy served for 17 years as Head of the Conservation Laboratory at the New York Academy of Medicine. She also taught book conservation at the Graduate School of Information Sciences at Queens College of the City University of New York, ending her career as Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Antorchas Foundation in Buenos Aires, lecturing in Spanish on book and paper conservation.Since settling in New York City, Ms. Reidy has written two novels in addition to The Shortest Way Home.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Early Peace Corps,
This review is from: The Shortest Way Home (Paperback)
The author is Elaine Reidy.
If you were in the DR 1963 to 1965 it is a must read. Somewhat interesting information on the early days of the Peace Corps.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
Lina wasn't kneeling - she never knelt. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
straw tote, boiled plantains, baby climb Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Peace Corps, Project Against Hunger, Christmas Eve, New York, Papa Doc, New England, Prince Charming, Santa Clara, Camp Harwood, Father Nature, First Aid, Latin American, Mary Ann, Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow, San Francisco, Los Angeles, National Palace, Wilderness Challenge New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Lina wasn't kneeling - she never knelt. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
straw tote, boiled plantains, baby climb Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Peace Corps, Project Against Hunger, Christmas Eve, New York, Papa Doc, New England, Prince Charming, Santa Clara, Camp Harwood, Father Nature, First Aid, Latin American, Mary Ann, Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow, San Francisco, Los Angeles, National Palace, Wilderness Challenge New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
