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Waiting for the Sun
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Published January 1, 1999
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February 3, 2020
5⭐️
When I first started his book, I was just expecting Emme-la’s journey from Tibet to India - more like an adventurous one. I was ignorant in that sense without knowing Tibet’s history I just assumed it had been under China since forever. This book details Tibet’s dark history and I’ve been nothing but awed and inspired by how resilient Tibetans are in their faith. Despite the terrible conditions they had to endure for so long, stripped away of their basic rights as a human, education, religion, and the pride of being a Tibetan; repressed till their soul felt hollow, their faith in the Dalai Lama was something that left a mark in my achy breath heart.
It’s very sad what happened to Tibet, but their mentality of “the dawn has already broken, we’re just waiting for the sun to appear” got me shedding some tears in the end.
The families that had to be separated; mothers who had to “thank” the red guards for killing her son cause he revolted, or adding her own blood in the soup to feed her children- these things made me think of the comfortable life I’ve been blessed with and how grateful I should be of everything.
It ends with emme-la leaving Tibet for the second time and his mother telling him to be a good man throughout his life. I could literally feel the pain ... of separating from your mother, knowing you’ll never see her again.
10/10 would recommend.
When I first started his book, I was just expecting Emme-la’s journey from Tibet to India - more like an adventurous one. I was ignorant in that sense without knowing Tibet’s history I just assumed it had been under China since forever. This book details Tibet’s dark history and I’ve been nothing but awed and inspired by how resilient Tibetans are in their faith. Despite the terrible conditions they had to endure for so long, stripped away of their basic rights as a human, education, religion, and the pride of being a Tibetan; repressed till their soul felt hollow, their faith in the Dalai Lama was something that left a mark in my achy breath heart.
It’s very sad what happened to Tibet, but their mentality of “the dawn has already broken, we’re just waiting for the sun to appear” got me shedding some tears in the end.
The families that had to be separated; mothers who had to “thank” the red guards for killing her son cause he revolted, or adding her own blood in the soup to feed her children- these things made me think of the comfortable life I’ve been blessed with and how grateful I should be of everything.
It ends with emme-la leaving Tibet for the second time and his mother telling him to be a good man throughout his life. I could literally feel the pain ... of separating from your mother, knowing you’ll never see her again.
10/10 would recommend.
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