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Named a Most Anticipated Book by:The Millions * Ms. Magazine * BustleFor readers of Homegoing and The Leavers, a compelling and profound debut novel about a Tibetan family's journey through exile.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...
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Tsering Yangzom Lama
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781639731848
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction