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Across Many Mountains: The Extraordinary Story of Three Generations of Women in Tibet by Yangzom Brauen (1-Mar-2012) Paperback
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Yangzom Brauen
5 books44 followersBorn to a Swiss father and Tibetan mother, Yangzom Brauen is an actress, director, writer and political activist. She lives in Los Angeles and has appeared in a number of German and American films.
With her latest film "Born in Battle' she received the UNESCO Gandhi medal as well as the UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni award.
She is also very active in the Free Tibet movement, making regular radio broadcasts about Tibet and organizing public demonstrations against the Chinese occupation of Tibet. "
With her latest film "Born in Battle' she received the UNESCO Gandhi medal as well as the UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni award.
She is also very active in the Free Tibet movement, making regular radio broadcasts about Tibet and organizing public demonstrations against the Chinese occupation of Tibet. "
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March 16, 2025
Prompt: Set in a country that celebrates Lunar New year.
Across Many Mountains by Yangzom Brauen.
Here is the story of one of the thousands of Tibetan families, that escaped political persecution, to seek asylum in India and lead a life of refugees.
The author writes in great detail and with sensitivity on the difficult journey from Tibet to India and then onward, to where their destiny takes them. It is a poignant tale, one that needs to be read as it narrates in detail the ordeal faced by these displaced people.
This book also had several other take aways for me - those associated with karma and dharma. Also, what I loved about this book was the strong bond between mother and daughter, which in my opinion, contributes greatly to women empowerment. Definitely a 5 star read for me.
Across Many Mountains by Yangzom Brauen.
Here is the story of one of the thousands of Tibetan families, that escaped political persecution, to seek asylum in India and lead a life of refugees.
The author writes in great detail and with sensitivity on the difficult journey from Tibet to India and then onward, to where their destiny takes them. It is a poignant tale, one that needs to be read as it narrates in detail the ordeal faced by these displaced people.
This book also had several other take aways for me - those associated with karma and dharma. Also, what I loved about this book was the strong bond between mother and daughter, which in my opinion, contributes greatly to women empowerment. Definitely a 5 star read for me.
August 3, 2025
A multigenerational memoir of three women and their simple spiritual life in Tibet, to escaping through the mountains to India before moving to Switzerland. The author recalls the life stories of her grandmother, a Tibetan nun, and her mother who fled Tibet from Chinese occupation, to their lives as poor refugees in India.
The memoir introduces the reader to Tibetan Buddhism and it's inspiring to learn about especially the author's grandmother's unwavering belief despite all adversity faced. Some aspects I would've liked a bit more detail, eg how not going to school until she was 13 affected the mother later in life and how the author and her brother feel and cope now as adults, knowing they are children of refugees, but having been raised upper middle-classa and so we'll cared for.
The memoir introduces the reader to Tibetan Buddhism and it's inspiring to learn about especially the author's grandmother's unwavering belief despite all adversity faced. Some aspects I would've liked a bit more detail, eg how not going to school until she was 13 affected the mother later in life and how the author and her brother feel and cope now as adults, knowing they are children of refugees, but having been raised upper middle-classa and so we'll cared for.
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