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![]() Read Mike Tidwells review of Nine Hills
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SARAH ERDMANS GIFT for language came to my attention when she emailed me a short essay The Guissongui Show that we published in our September 2002 issue. Sarah wrote at the time that she had recently returned from Cote dIvoire,![]() |
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Im told that your father was a PCV. | |||||
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Yes, my father was an English teacher in Turkey from 196769. It certainly changed his life, and put him on track for a career overseas as a foreign service officer. Growing up with his stories, it seemed pretty much inevitable that Id end up a Volunteer too. Incidentally my brother is currently applying. I think its in the blood. | |||||
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Where have you lived overseas? | ||||||
My bio on the book jacket says eight countries, but I can only count seven, and Im not quite sure whos responsible for the inflation! Ive lived in Cyprus, former Yugoslavia, Portugal, France, Israel, Cote dIvoire, and of course, the States in between. | ||||||
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Did you go to college in the States? | ||||||
I went to Middlebury College in Vermont and majored in history with an art history minor.
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What led you to the Peace Corps? | ||||||
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Well, as I said, it was sort of in my blood, and then having spent a lot of my childhood abroad, it just seemed like the most natural thing for me to do. What appealed to me about Peace Corps was the idea that I would be living at the level of the community. I felt it was very important in understanding myself to see how well I could do living at a basic level, starting my life there from scratch. Also, I appreciated the fact that once at a site it was up to me and the community and not a distant development agency to figure out what kinds of projects to start.
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. . . and your assignment? | ||||||
I was a rural health extension Volunteer in the village of Nambonkaha. Thats in northern Cote dIvoire. | ||||||
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