Across many mountains : a Tibetan family's epic journey from oppression to freedom /
Yangzom Brauen ; translated by Katy Derbyshire.
- 1st U. S. ed.
- 306 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm.
First published in different format in Germany by Heyne Verlag under the title Eisenvogel. Includes index.
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 freedom