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'The Country Under My Skin'

By Jacki Lyden
Published November 29, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

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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