Leaving Mother Lake

A Girlhood at the Edge of the World

Nonfiction, History, Asian, China, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Yang Erche Namu, Christine Mathieu ISBN: 9780316029308
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication: September 3, 2007
Imprint: Little, Brown and Company Language: English
Author: Yang Erche Namu, Christine Mathieu
ISBN: 9780316029308
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication: September 3, 2007
Imprint: Little, Brown and Company
Language: English

The haunting memoir of a girl growing up in the Moso country in the Himalayas--a unique matrilineal society. But even in this land of women, familial tension is eternal. Namu is a strong-willed daughter, and conflicts between her and her rebellious mother lead her to break the taboo that holds the Moso world together--she leaves her mother's house.

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The haunting memoir of a girl growing up in the Moso country in the Himalayas--a unique matrilineal society. But even in this land of women, familial tension is eternal. Namu is a strong-willed daughter, and conflicts between her and her rebellious mother lead her to break the taboo that holds the Moso world together--she leaves her mother's house.

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