From the publishers: Berenson recalls the nearly five-year-old and continuing nightmare that began with a phone call announcing the arrest of her daughter, Lori, in December 1995, in Peru on charges of treason and terrorism. Lori was in Peru as a human-rights activist and journalist. The Berensons, both university professors, launched an ongoing campaign that has engaged major news organizations, human-rights advocacy groups, and prominent politicians to secure the release of their daughter, who has never been tried. But the "Kafka-like military tribunals" of Peru, the high-profile political investment of President Fujimori in the imprisonment of the "gringa terrorist," and a decided lack of interest by the U.S. State Department have stretched the agonizing period even beyond the turmoil of the recent presidential election. Berenson's book is a harrowing account of the repressive politics of a nation that remains in the headlines today and is a story of hope, determination, and endurance in the face of global politics.
