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Very descptive, highly moving tale a girl's life in remote china. Reads like a novel! loved it.
Tish O. (tish) -
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!
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!
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.
but it easy reading, fascinating glimpse of a very unusual coming
of age in an extremely remote area.
Valerie D. (6thdaughter) 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.
Ann S. (annstahl) reviewed Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the End of the World on + 17 more book reviews
wonderful wonderful book.. stays with you
Deborah W. reviewed Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the End of the World on + 24 more book reviews
Good read
