'The Country Under My Skin'

By Jacki Lyden

Published November 28, 2002 at 10:00 PM MST

NPR's Jacki Lyden talks with Gioconda Belli, author of The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War. The book recounts Belli's involvement with the Sandinista rebels of Nicaragua, her falling out with the leadership, and her bittersweet feelings about her country.

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