A Hundred Thousand White Stones
Author | : Kunsang Dolma |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2013-05-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781614290902 |
ISBN-13 | : 1614290903 |
Rating | : 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A Hundred Thousand White Stones is one young Tibetan woman's fearlessly told story of longing and change. Kunsang Dolma writes with unvarnished candor of the hardships she experienced as a girl in Tibet, violations as a refugee nun in India, and struggles as an immigrant and new mother in America. Yet even in tribulation, she finds levity and never descends to self-pity. We watch in wonder as her unlikely choices and remarkable persistence bring her into ever-widening circles, finding love and a family in the process, and finally bringing her back to her childhood home. A Hundred Thousand White Stones offers an honest assessment of what is gained in pursuing life in the developed world and what is lost.