Leaving Mother Lake

A Girlhood at the Edge of the World

• Author(s): Yang Erche Namu, Christine Mathieu,
• Publisher: Hachette UK
• Pages: 304
• ISBN_10: 0316029300
  ISBN_13: 9780316029308
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Women's Studies , History / Asia / China , Biography & Autobiography / Women ,

Description:... 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.