Lori: My Daughter, Wrongfully Imprisoned in Peru

New York, NY, U.S.A. : Context Books, 2000,. Fine/Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine white pictorial dj. Foreword by Noam Chomsky; afterword by, Ramsey Clark. 384 pages. Five years ago, 26-year-old Lori Berenson, an anthropology major, was in Peru researching articles on poverty and women's rights. She was arrested and spuriously charged with acting as a leader in a Peruvian terrorist group, the MRTA (Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru). Tried without evidence by military officials, she was convicted and sent to a Draconian mountaintop prison with no heat, electricity, or running water. Lori's health has deteriorated as her parents work tirelessly to free her. This is their harrowing story, one that continues, day to day, as the Berensons, working with American officials, attempt to persuade the Peruvian government to reconsider her fate.