Original colour photo cover trade paperback. Signed by author. Coe served as a visiting professor in this ancient, formerly communist, country for 2 1/2 years. Sponsored by the Civic Education Project, her aim was to counteract the widespread reality in Armenia that people felt unable to change their leaders, their country, or their communities. These letters convey the challenges and the joys of dealing with bright students and ignorant officials, gourmet meals and backfiring beans, and the structural conflict between credit from the West and military security from Russia. Surely a careful reading of this book will provide at least a cursory understanding of this country and its challenges for the future. This copy signed by the author and unmarked otherwise. 547 pp. plus References. More copies available.