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Author Gerry Christmas is one of "Kennedy's Children," an idealist who answered the call to join the Peace Corps not once but twice. In Breathing the Same Air, a gritty memoir of love and loss, he narrates his volunteer experiences in both Thailand and Samoa. From the sultry alleys of Bangkok to the serpentine paths of his Polynesian island, Christmas explores new frontiers of mind, body, and spirit. He shares stories from cross-cultural miscues and screw-ups to Peace Corps politics and squabbles. He also ventures into the classroom where he talks about his Thai and Samoan students who effuse...

As a Peace Corps volunteer in the 1970s, the author met and fell in love with a Thai woman named Orawan. Torn between love of country and the man she loved, Orawan risked all-life, liberty, and personal happiness-for the betterment of her country. These fifty-one poems pay tribute to her courage, her character, and her fight against corruption.