Across Many Mountains: A Tibetan Family's Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom

A powerful, emotional memoir and an extraordinary portrait of three generations of tibetan women whose lives are forever changed when chairman mao’s red army crushes tibetan independence, sending a young mother and her six-year-old daughter on a treacherous journey across the snowy himalayas toward freedomkunsang thought she would never leave tibet one of the countrys youngest buddhist nuns, she grew up in a remote mountain village where, as a teenager, she entered the local nunnery though simple, kunsangs life gave her all she needed: a oneness with nature and a sense of the spiritual in all things she married a monk, had two children, and lived in peace and prayer but not for long there was a saying in tibet: when the iron bird flies and horses run on wheels, the tibetan people will be scattered like ants across the face of the earth the chinese invasion of tibet in 1950 changed everything when soldiers arrived at her mountain monastery, destroying everything in their path, kunsan
ASIN: 0312600135
VSKU: RDV.0312600135.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Yangzom Brauen|Katy Derbyshire
Binding: Hardcover
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: This book is a well used but readable copy. This is an ex-library book with stickers and markings. Integrity of the book is still intact with no missing pages. May have notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.