In 1988 the author was assigned to serve in the Peace Corps as a nutritionist in a health center in southeastern Guatemala. In her field of home economics and education, she started women's groups, taught public health in local schools, and worked at the health center with Guatemalan medical interns and with a nurse, especially weighing and measuring babies. Since her name Marjorie could not be translated into Spanish, everyone called her Margarita. In her two years of living and working in the small, poverty-striken village of Llano Grande, she felt totally accepted because of the wonderful people.
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A guaduate in Home Economics and Education from Washington State University in Pullman, WA, Marge taught home economics to special education classes in a middle school and consumer education to low-income adults through a vocational school, both in Tacoma, WA. As a young girl, Marge was active in the Camp Fire Girls' program where she acquired skills that she applied as a Peace Corps volunteer. These helped Marge succeed in the Peace Corps. Her journal writing throughout her life brought her book to fruition. REVIEW1: MARGARITA is a great book and Margarita is a great friend. We became close as we shared adventures in Guatemala in the Peace Corps. Her experiences are poignant, funny, sad, and, overall, entertaining. Like Isak Dinesen's OUT OF AFRICA, Margarita paints a wonderful picture of the Guatemala she fell in love with--the fascinating cultural differences, the interesting and warm people, the colors of the country and weavings--as she shows us the everyday life as a Peace Corps volunteer. Enjoy! I know I did. REVIEW1_SOURCE: Liesl Santkuyl, Tacoma, Washington, former Peace Corps volunteer, Guatemala REVIEW2: Marge Casebolt was kind enough to send me her writings in the years she was in the Peace Corps. I loved them and found them to open a whole new world to me. I am enthusiastic to think this is actually a book of her experiences. REVIEW2_SOURCE: Glenmar Hetler, Santa Ana, California, classmate at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington REVIEW3: My wife Gloria and I have given our full reading attention to this narrative of Guatemala. It is in a style somewhere between IT TAKES A VILLAGE by Hillary Clinton to THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway. That which is most compelling is that it flows along as a singular person making observations of socio-economic and political shortcomings and conveys the real picture of how things are in the Third World countries, banana republics, etc. Marge has done some wonderful humanitarian work there that is without peer. REVIEW3_SOURCE: Hilmer Erickson, sociologist
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Daughter of a Guatemalan Peace Corps Volunteer,
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My Mother also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala. "Margarita" gave a wonderful description of what life was like, in that area, for those volunteers, whose families, back in the states, eagerly waited for news from them. We wondered about their safety, their health, yet being oh so proud of their contributions to the quality of life of the people whom they served. American parents expect their children to "spread their wings", but when your Mother, at age 68, says she's going off to serve in a far place, that's a different story!
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A very inspiring thorough read,
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Margarita is a very thorough account of the author's experiences as she travels in and out of small towns in Guatemala. Her Guatemala experiences, demonstrates the act of an heroine. After reading Margarita, I applaused this courgeous sixty-two years old young heroine for taking on a culture that she barely spoke their language in her efforts to teach nutrition. Amazingly well written, I strongly recomemmed it as a strong noteworthy read.
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Margarita's journalistic tale will engage readers who have been, are, or will be volunteers in rural community development programs. Universal elements of her Peace Corps experience (ants in the vegetable garden, bats in the house, annoying neighbors, inspiring co-workers, etc.) will ring true for anyone who has aspired to make the (Third) world a better place through this type of service. At times unintentionally funny, Margarita's somewhat dry narrative brings to life the daily rhythms of her sojourn with all its dramas, small and large. I gave this book to a friend who was en route to a 3-year volunteer term in Guatemala and she loved it.
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