Out of Grace: An unlikely journey through Guatemala's haunted highlands

Guatemala City is officially classified as one of the most dangerous cities in the Americas, where armed guards stand in the doorway of every bank, shopping center, and McDonalds. Murders make daily headlines. The men hiss at women the same way they hiss at dogs.

Here, in the shadow of the country's many spectacular volcanoes, a 22-year-old anthropologist embarks upon her Fulbright research, and quickly finds that things aren't quite what she expected. Even the folks at the U.S. Embassy wa...