House arrest

by Mary Morris

In superbly crafted prose, Mary Morris captures the drama -- and danger -- in the everyday and on the road. In her novels, short stories, and travel memoirs, including the acclaimed Nothing to Declare. Morris has dazzled us with her command of location 00 rendering the unfamiliar places that are not home, the shadowy terrain of memory and love. Returning to the Latin America she knows so well, Morris tells the gripping tale of two women from different cultures whose lives intersect at a point that promises freedom to one and disaster to the other. Maggie Conover, a travel writer on assignment in the Caribbean island nation knows as La isla, is being held in detention restricted to her hotel. The authorities are interested in her friendship with Isabel Calderon, the fiery daughter of the island's revolutionary leader. Maggie met Isabel on a previous visit and was struck by her independence, her disgust for her father, and her intense longing to escape. Now Isabel has disappeared, and Ma