Leaving Mother Lake
A Girlhood at the Edge of the World
Contributors
By Christine Mathieu
By Yang Erche Namu
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- On Sale
- Feb 10, 2004
- Page Count
- 320 pages
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- ISBN-13
- 9780316735490
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.
