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| | Amazon.com: When Mountains Walked: Books: Kate Wheeler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | Maggie's epiphany occurs when, alone and hiding from soldiers in the forest, she finally understands the nature of selfhood and of commitment, and determines the direction of the rest of her life. |
 | | Wheeler's descriptions of the interior of Peru are both lush and graphic, conveying the "pulsing, vivid heat" in sensuous terms, the abject poverty of the villages as well as the harsh beauty of the landscape. |
 | | Maggie blames most of her disappointment with the nature of her reality on her long-suffering husband, Carson, but, compared to Maggie, Carson is a saint. |
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