Never the Hope Itself

<p>A former NPR correspondent takes you into his own ghost-filled life as he reports on a region in turmoil. Gerry Hadden was training to become a Buddhist monk when opportunity came knocking: the offer of a dream job as NPR's correspondent for Latin America. Arriving in Mexico in 2000 during the nation's first democratic transition of power he witnesses both hope and uncertainty. But after 9/11 he finds himself documenting overlooked yet extraordinary events in a forgotten political landscape. As he reports on Colombia's drug wars Guatemala's deleterious emigration and Haiti's bloody rebellion Hadden must also make a home for himself in Mexico City coming to terms with its ghosts and chasing down the love of his life in a riveting narrative that reveals the human heart at the center of international affairs.</p>