Here are the life stories of eighteen people who, but for this book, would live out their lives in obscurity. From Ale to Ubaldo, these men and women of rural Honduras give us their stories, their struggles, and their triumphs in their own voices. Diane Karper has interviewed the subjects over the period of two years. Through many tears and smiles she has recorded their stories and then endeavored to render them into English while retaining the individual character of each. The result takes the North American reader into a world scarcely imaginable.