rieki crins ph.d tells the poignant and heart breaking story of her life long love affair with the little-known kingdom of bhutan. when a young rieki crins first set foot in the little-known buddhist country of bhutan, long before it was called the@ "happiest country in the world", she knew her heart had found a place to call home. she volunteered to do research work in the remote and relatively untouched village of tsachapu. for an anthropologist like her, it was once in a lifetime opportunity. a nudge from mother fate herself. this would be the beginning of a 27-year love affair with bhutan. but bhutan was changing, like all things subject to time. like the fast-spurt growth of late bloomer, it transformed itself from an idyllic little kingdom to a country that was catching up with the rest of the world, and this had some unintended effects. during the final years of her involvement with bhutan, rieki set up a foundation in bhutan to help teenagers acquire real-world skills. it was a dream come true. pleasant dreams often have a way of metamorphosing into horrible nightmares. somewhere in the background, rieki was beginning to make powerful enemies. profoundly insightful .