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Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the End of the World
Leaving Mother Lake A Girlhood at the End of the World
Author: Yang Erche Namu, Christine Mathieu
LEAVING MOTHER LAKE is the haunting memoir of a girl growing up in a remarkable place. The Chinese refer to Moso country in the Himalayas as "the Country of Daughters," because of the people's unique matrilineal society. In Moso culture there is no word for father, marriage is considered a backward practice, and property is passed on from mother...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780316124713
ISBN-10: 0316124710
Publication Date: 3/2003
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Little, Brown
Book Type: Hardcover
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Very descptive, highly moving tale a girl's life in remote china. Reads like a novel! loved it.
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 reviewed Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the End of the World on + 7 more book reviews
Because the book takes place in a foreign country in the back of beyond where government has a more difficult time reaching, makes it a lure to me and very interesting. I like to read how things are done in these places,food, beliefs, religion.... Interesting.
reviewed Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the End of the World on + 3 more book reviews
Interesting story. I thought it would be more of a cultural study
but it easy reading, fascinating glimpse of a very unusual coming
of age in an extremely remote area.
tish avatar reviewed Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the End of the World on + 384 more book reviews
WOW! this amazing memoir of a life lived on the edge of the world.the authors words describe a childhood that most of us would not understand but just might envy.
this society of the Moso people in China is a matriarchal society and girls are favored over boys. all the property goes down the female side of the family. they also do not believe in marriage,they consider it a backward practice. this is a wonderful colorful book that puts you right in the middle of things at the edge of the world!


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