Louise Young

Seducing the Spirits Louise Young

When Jenny Dunfree, a graduate student in ornithology, is assigned to a birding project in a remote area of Panama, she is given one directive by her superior: Don't piss anyone off. Almost immediately, Jenny encounters problems with this assignment. While slogging on with her research, Jenny is required to attend weekly "town hall" meetings in the Kuna village. Jenny finds the native Kuna people to be a prickly lot, quick to take offense. Jenny also encounters outsiders with their own agendas for the Kunas and the surrounding rainforest.