The Foreign Service Journal, November 2008

colorfully by hand. It will be enjoyed especially by young children of internationally mobile parents. Elaine M. Guihan has lived overseas for many years, first as a Peace Corps Volunteer and then as the spouse of Andy Snow, a Foreign Service officer since 1991. Andy and Elaine have four grown children — Sam, Colin, Alex and Jim — and a well-traveled cat and dog. Ms. Guihan is currently a reading teacher in the Maryland public school system. This is her first book and can be purchased online at www2.xlibris. com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=51452. Memoirs of a Spanish Turtle Armonía B. Eddy, AuthorHouse, 2008, $11.49, paperback, 67 pages. This story of a family, told by a wise Spanish turtle, is an engaging introduction to life lessons for young children. The turtle, or “tortuga,” was found in the woods by the author’s father when he was a child. The family’s pet for more than 100 years, it is still alive today. Its abil- ity to understand humans is, of course, fictional, but the human characters and events it recounts are true. Tortuga chronicles the lives of his family members as they live through the Spanish Civil War of 1936- 1939 and a succession of hardships and sometimes funny events in Spain during the last century. He does so with a sense of humor and great compassion and loyalty. Armonía Eddy was born in Spain in 1936. A former employee of the World Bank, she is the wife of retired FSO John Eddy, whom she accompanied on assign- ments to Venezuela, El Salvador, Colombia, Kenya, Barbados, Saudi Arabia and India. They now live in Rochester, Vt. Tales of the Monkey King Teresa Chin Jones, Pacific View Press, 2008, $19.95 hardcover/$14.95 paperback, 192 pages. Monkey King is China’s most famous folk hero. The subject of movies, comic books and opera perfor- N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 8 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 43