A mother, daughter, wife, lover, friend, teacher, cadre, these are the voices that make up the rich, sensuous saga in Isabela, told against the backdrop of nearly three decades of our history. Here is the story of how a life is shaped, wounded, and made whole by the ongoing insurgency in the countryside. How a life takes on many forms, by force or fate. At both turns urgent and meditative, rare and banal, Isabela draws a memorable landscape of a place, time, and woman.