Green Grows the Grass

By B.A. Smith

Katie Stewart, a university professor, returns to Costa Rica,the country of her youth. Although happy to be back in whatshe had remembered as paradise, Katie begins to face painfulmemories of her past, including the tragic disappearance of her father's plane during the sixties and the uncertainty of knowing whether he is dead or alive. The immediate and long-lasting effects of war become heartbreakingly apparent as this fast-paced political thriller unravels the strings connecting people and events associated with revolution in Cuba and Nicaragua. Through her research, Katie becomes friends with Felicia Monge, an uneducated and poor Nicaraguan who left behind a country weary from war for its more prosperous and peaceful neighbor, Costa Rica. A revolutionary comrade of Felicia's father and Che Guevara, Ricardo Echeverr?a, will once again enter her life with unexpected consequences. In this story of international intrigue, the fates of Katie and Felicia are heartbreakingly intertwined; yet amid undeniable pain, the two women find love and strength in family and community.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692310614
• ISBN13: 9780692310618
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Rough Waters Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"