Leaving Mother Lake: A Childhood at the Edge of the World by Yang Erche Namu, Christine Mathieu

Leaving Mother Lake: A Childhood at the Edge of the World

Yang Erche Namu, Christine Mathieu

290 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
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The Tibetans refer to Moso country as 'The Country of Daughters' because of their unique matrilineal society. In Moso culture, daughters are favoured children. There is no word for father, marriage is considered a backward practice, and property i...

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