A young woman, fresh out of college, sets off on an adventure of a lifetime, 7,000 miles from home. What could possibly go wrong? Learning to Love Kimchi: Letters Home from a Peace Corps Volunteer is a memoir of her coming of age as a Peace Corps Volunteer in South Korea in the mid-70s. During the course of her two-year adventure, she learns to accept, persevere, and finally thrive, as she slowly learns to love kimchi.