false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170529133m/59048.jpg 59048 3 The village of Nambonkaha in the Ivory Coast is a place where electricity hasn't yet arrived, where sorcerers still conjure magic, where the tok-tok sound of women pounding corn fills the morning air like a drumbeat. As Sarah Erdman enters the social fold of the village as a Peace Corps volunteer, she finds that Nambonkaha is also a place where AIDS threatens and poverty is constant, where women suffer the indignities of patriarchal customs, and where children work like adults while still managing to dream. Lyrical and topical, Erdman's beautiful debut captures the astonishing spirit of an unforgettable community. 57495 2003 Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village total:387|5:110|4:180|3:79|2:15|1:3| 387 1540 540 83 2 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Apr 14 14:17:37 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 14 14:20:26 -0700 2007 anyway, i used to write a monthly literature review box or our volunteer newsletter, and ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 06 20:24:38 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 20:35:22 -0700 2008 Nine Hills joins Peter Hessler's Rivertown as an example for travel writers to try writing about the people they meet and not themselves. A novel concept (ha). Sarah Erdman, though, does do a fine job balancing a narr...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jul 24 11:12:53 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 11:13:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 20:50:05 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 21:19:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 06:27:47 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 14:03:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Sep 12 05:08:02 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 05:10:26 -0700 2009
Memoirs
"Awonderful introduction to Cote d'Ivoire, to Africa, to the human heart," says Julia Alvarez of Sarah Erdman's memoir of her two years as
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has anyone here read it?]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 11:17:34 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 11:17:34 -0700 2007 Certainly one of the most interesting reading experiences I have ever had, as the author is a colleague and friend of mine. To not only know the author of a such a personal and touching memoir, but to have her at my disposal to elaborate and answer questions I had, was very cool...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=59048