We measure the earth with our bodies : a novel /
Lama, Tsering Yangzom,
We measure the earth with our bodies : a novel / Tsering Yangzom Lama. - 349 pages : maps ; 25 cm
"In the wake of China's invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her younger sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee camp in Nepal. They survived the dangerous journey across the Himalayas, but their parents did not. As Lhamo--haunted by the loss of her homeland and her mother, a village oracle--tries to rebuild a life amid a shattered community, hope arrives in the form of a young man named Samphel and his uncle, who brings with him the ancient statue of the Nameless Saint--a relic known to vanish and reappear in times of need. Decades later, the sisters are separated, and Tenkyi is living with Lhamo's daughter, Dolma, in Toronto. While Tenkyi works as a cleaner and struggles with traumatic memories, Dolma vies for a place as a scholar of Tibetan Studies. But when Dolma comes across the Nameless Saint in a collector's vault, she must decide what she is willing to do for her community, even if it means risking her dreams"--
9781635576412 1635576415
Women, Tibetan--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Exiles--Fiction.
Refugees--Nepal--Fiction.
Tibetans--Canada--Fiction.
Relics--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
We measure the earth with our bodies : a novel / Tsering Yangzom Lama. - 349 pages : maps ; 25 cm
"In the wake of China's invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her younger sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee camp in Nepal. They survived the dangerous journey across the Himalayas, but their parents did not. As Lhamo--haunted by the loss of her homeland and her mother, a village oracle--tries to rebuild a life amid a shattered community, hope arrives in the form of a young man named Samphel and his uncle, who brings with him the ancient statue of the Nameless Saint--a relic known to vanish and reappear in times of need. Decades later, the sisters are separated, and Tenkyi is living with Lhamo's daughter, Dolma, in Toronto. While Tenkyi works as a cleaner and struggles with traumatic memories, Dolma vies for a place as a scholar of Tibetan Studies. But when Dolma comes across the Nameless Saint in a collector's vault, she must decide what she is willing to do for her community, even if it means risking her dreams"--
9781635576412 1635576415
Women, Tibetan--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Exiles--Fiction.
Refugees--Nepal--Fiction.
Tibetans--Canada--Fiction.
Relics--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.