Beneath the Hill

<p>Five American women come together briefly in 1962 in Cali Colombia beneath the hill that dominates the city.</p><p>* Nora the archeologist who doesn't relate to other women.</p><p>* Alicia who knows she's beautiful and can attract any man.</p><p>* Melanie who doesn't recognize her own beauty and intelligence.</p><p>* Seraphia whose French husband is barred from the United States.</p><p>* Charlotte who is on her third affair.</p><p>Their interwoven stories of birth death love and loss bring each to an awareness and resolution that one critic has called "as satisfying as if I just had a full meal."</p><p>"Carr uses a strobe light to capture woman in her infinite variety." —<em>Chicago Tribune</em></p><p>"Her stories are simple crafted entertaining and immediate." —<em>Los Angeles Times</em></p><p>"There is real talent at work here." —<em>The New Republic</em></p><p>"Carr's insights are often breathtaking poetic in nature but also strongly based in real life." —<em>The Monitor</em></p><p>"Carr has a rare gift for preserving moments of fear of love of compassion that stay with the reader long afterward." —<em>The El Paso Times</em></p>