Juliet S. Blanchard's 1980 book "Ants Have No Taste."
Based on her experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philipines in 1962-64. Daughter is Eunice Poethig. PCV friends mentioned in the intro: Kathy ( Brown ) Wingertand Marie ( Rapp ) Laing.
Book is signed by the author and she has written a note to Sarah and Florence.These are Sarah Painter and Florence Painter Griffith, my husband's aunts, who lived in Wooster, Ohio.The book is from their estate and I would be pleased to give it to someone closely related to the author, or the author herself.