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04453aam a22006978a 4500 001 7E8EA3B6E4E011E0AC09E9D36AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110922010131 008 110616s2011 nyu 000 0ceng 010 $a 2011024755 020 $a 0312600135 020 $a 9780312600136 035 $a (OCoLC)707969311 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d NSB $d YDXCP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-sz--- $a e-sz--- 050 00 $a DS786 $b .B715 2011 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Brauen, Yangzom, $d 1980- 245 1 $a Across many mountains : $b a Tibetan family's epic journey from oppression to freedom / $c Yangzom Brauen. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2011. 263 $a 1110 300 $a p. $c cm. 520 $a A memoir and 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 freedom. 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. 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, 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. Many stories lie hidden until the right person arrives to tell them. In rescuing the story of her now 90-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, this story is a testament to three strong, determined women who are linked by an unbreakable family bond. 600 10 $a Brauen, Yangzom, $d 1980- 600 10 $a Brauen, Yangzom, $d 1980- $x Family. 651 0 $a Tibet Autonomous Region (China) $v Biography. 650 0 $a Refugees, Tibetan $v Biography. 650 0 $a Mothers and daughters $z Tibet Autonomous Region $z Tibet Autonomous Region $v Biography. 650 0 $a Grandmothers $z Tibet Autonomous Region $z Tibet Autonomous Region $v Biography. 650 0 $a Immigrants $z Switzerland $v Biography. 651 0 $a Switzerland $v Biography. 651 0 $a Tibet Autonomous Region (China) $x History $y 1951- 651 0 $a Tibet Autonomous Region (China) $x Social life and customs. 941 $a 23 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240716051147.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240702032552.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728010947.0 952 $l REPC017 $d 20220407015730.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722031438.0 952 $l EYPC755 $d 20210210010703.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204052241.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110034324.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717022554.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190423012812.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006061648.0 952 $l N4AX745 $d 20180808035610.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720040325.0 952 $l DUPB413 $d 20180706021001.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418083544.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20160202053334.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20150505012254.0 952 $l TXPC862 $d 20130822012841.0 952 $l FBPC124 $d 20130412021850.0 952 $l VFPB334 $d 20120207013903.0 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20120105013009.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20111202010544.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20111103011145.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7E8EA3B6E4E011E0AC09E9D36AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b IW9Initiate Another SILO Locator Search