This memoir, told as a series of vignettes, unfolds slowly. It begins with the circumstances leading her to accept the position, then moves to the troubles in getting to South Korea, and then her experiences teaching and living there. She comes from a background of dance, language, Buddhism, meditation, and spirituality. This and her open, inquisitive nature allows her to bond with most of the people she interacts with regularly. She learns about the culture, paternalistic and strongly Confucian even as they are trying to Westernize, and in turn learns about herself as well.