A meditative account of experiences and encounters in Vietnam as a teacher and traveler in the 1990s. IN this lovely memoir, Shillue, an English professor, reflects on the people, culture and history of the country, interweaving her time living with a family and teaching in Saigon with her travels to Nam Ha Province (where she taught in a village school) and journeys throughout the country.  (VNM79, $24.95)