PURA VIDA

Contemporary debut novel by Helen Babin who has experienced first-hand the setting in Central America and the impact of drug crime both in London and Central America. The protagonist, Amy, is a young, adventurous, confidently carefree graduate with flair and a firm job offer. Privately she is desperately restless and disgruntled with her meandering, lonely lifestyle. A whimsical job proposal in Costa Rica spins Amy into a perilous but beautiful adventure that eventually answers a question she has been failing to ask herself for so long: "What is missing from my life?"