USA: University of Georgia Press, 2002. Hdb ISBN 0-8203-2358-6

This is an affecting, touching and well-written book. It is written from the heart and offers the reader an unforgettable story of borders crossed and recrossed - between Catholics and Buddhists, hope and despair, Burma and Thailand, life and death. Singing to the Dead recalls Victoria Armour-Hileman's efforts as a go-between in Thailand for the Mon Buddhist monks and refugees seeking escape from persecution on Burma. It speaks of ministry to the tortured, wounded, diseased and orphaned refugees. The book also details an aid worker's ongoing education: how to weave through an embassy bureaucracy, how to stave off burnout, how to pull money out of thin air at the eleventh hour, when to trust and when to be cautious, when to kowtow, when to pray. Hileman, who never loses her sense of humor, is strikingly successful in introducing the reader to those whom she served.