Melted Away: A Memoir of Climate Change and Caregiving in Peru - Paperbackby Barbara Drake Vera (Author) A prolific poet as a child, Barbara Drake Vera loved writing almost as much as she adored her father, a moody postal employee with an elaborate comb over and a fondness for Mahler. But when her successes sparked his rage, Barbara silenced her voice for years, terrified even to see her name in print. By age forty nine, she was a professional journalist living in Peru and collaborating with her husband, a Peruvian born