Nicaragua Way

<p><em>Nicaragua Way</em> tells the story of Lorna Almendros a San Francisco Nicaraguan-American poet passionately engaged in supporting revolutionary struggles in Latin America and the Sandinista solidarity movement in the U.S. <em>Nicaragua Way</em> follows Lorna a single mother searching for her roots raising a daughter falling in love while facing deaths griefs intrigues and her fears of menopause empty nest blues and aging. Through it all she writes poems.</p><p>Set in San Francisco and Managua between 1975 and 1989 the novel portrays a rich cast of characters including Rini Lorna’s daughter; Eddie an organizer and revolutionary <em>guerrilla</em> fighter; Helen her best friend and a city politician; and Maria Rosa a Nicaraguan-exiled immigrant. They move between San Francisco’s activist-arts community and Nicaragua building support for change in the shadow of the U.S. undeclared wars in Central America.</p>