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A Peace Corps worker offers a fascinating portrayal of an African village that stands on the brink of modernity, caught between ancient superstitions and the era of the cell phone as they struggle with AIDS and other life-threatening problems. 17,500 first printing.
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"It is rare to pick up a book and be so completely transported to another land, another culture. The village of Nambonkaha comes alive in Edrman's hands. Her powers of observation, her prose and her daring are truly Orwellian." -Abraham Verghese, author of "My Own Country "
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A graduate of Middlebury College, " Sarah Erdman" still works for the Peace Corps and lives in Washington, D.C. The child of parents who spent their entire careers in the Foreign Service, she lived in eight countries while growing up.
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- PublisherHenry Holt & Company Inc
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0805073817
- ISBN 13 9780805073812
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages320
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