Across Many Mountains
eBook - ePub

Across Many Mountains

A Tibetan Family's Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom

  1. 317 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Across Many Mountains

A Tibetan Family's Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom

About this book

"A moving reminder that the consequences of the Chinese invasion of Tibet continue down to this day. A lovely memoir of three generations of Tibetan women." —Oliver Stone

Kunsang thought she would never leave Tibet. One of the country's youngest Buddhist nuns, she grew up in a remote mountain village where, as a teenager, she entered the local nunnery. Though simple, Kunsang's 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. The Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950 changed everything. When soldiers arrived at her mountain monastery, destroying everything in their path, Kunsang and her family fled across the Himalayas only to spend years in Indian refugee camps. She lost both her husband and her youngest child on that journey, but the future held an extraordinary turn of events that would forever change her life—the arrival in the refugee camps of a cultured young Swiss man long fascinated with Tibet. Martin Brauen will fall instantly in love with Kunsang's young daughter, Sonam, eventually winning her heart and hand, and taking mother and daughter with him to Switzerland, where Yangzom will be born.

In rescuing the story of her now ninety-year-old inspirational grandmother and her mother, Yangzom Brauen has given us a book full of love, courage, and triumph, as well as allowing us a rare and vivid glimpse of life in rural Tibet before the arrival of the Chinese. Most importantly, though, Across Many Mountains is a testament to three strong, determined women who are linked by an unbreakable family bond.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. Map
  6. Contents
  7. Prologue
  8. Trapped
  9. A Land Far from Time
  10. Sickness
  11. Forty-nine Days
  12. A Young Nun
  13. Ape Rinpoche
  14. The Hermitage
  15. Tsering Arrives
  16. Obstacles
  17. Life at Pang-ri
  18. Disaster Looms
  19. Reeducation
  20. Escape
  21. The Promised Land
  22. Rocks and Stones
  23. Pilgrims
  24. Survival
  25. Stirling Castle
  26. Last Wishes
  27. Meeting the Dalai Lama
  28. Separation
  29. The Mouse King and the Prince
  30. Courtship
  31. The Decision
  32. The Wedding
  33. A New World
  34. A Home of Their Own
  35. Happy Events
  36. A Pippi Longstocking Childhood
  37. News from Tibet
  38. Paradise Lost
  39. Back to Pang
  40. Ruins of Childhood
  41. Summer in Tibet
  42. The Bern Years
  43. All the World’s a Stage
  44. An Activist Education
  45. A Moscow Media Storm
  46. A Pilgrimage to India
  47. Around the World
  48. Uprising in Lhasa
  49. Diaspora
  50. Epilogue
  51. Acknowledgments
  52. Time Line
  53. Addresses
  54. Index
  55. Advance Praise for Across Many Mountains
  56. A Reading Group Guide
  57. Copyright