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Linda Leaming

Goodreads author profile

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http://www.goodreads.com/LindaLeaming

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The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.marriedtobhutan

genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Travel, Nonfiction

member since

January 2011

About this author

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Linda Leaming went to Bhutan for the first time in 1994. "A nice diversion," is how the travel agent described it. It was. And it still is. She found a home and a voice among the remote and mysterious Himalayan mountains. She also found romance with an intriguing Bhutanese painter. Her work has appeared in Ladies’ Home Journal, Mandala, Guardian UK, A Woman’s Asia (Travelers’ Tales, 2005), and many other publications. Eric Weiner included her in his 2008 bestseller, The Geography of Bliss. Originally from Nashville, she has an M.F.A. in fiction from the University of Arizona, and she regularly speaks about Bhutan at colleges, churches, seminars, and book groups. She is married to the renowned Bhutanese thanka painter, Phurba Namgay. Find he...more

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Linda Leaming's Blog

Life in Bhutan

Three friends hanging out at a temple above Bhutan.

There are three enormous bee hives hanging off the eaves of the Druk Hotel in Thimphu.

This dog is exhausted from barking all night.

Rugubchi village in Wangdue.

A bamboo garden above Chendiji.

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Married to Bhutan

3.85 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions

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Linda Leaming wrote a new blog post: Life in Bhutan Life in Bhutan Three friends hanging out at a temple above Bhutan. There are three enormous bee hives hanging off the eaves of the Druk Hotel in Thimphu. This dog i... read more »
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Linda Leaming made a comment on I Hijacked This Man's Day: "I think it already is. Housing bubble is bursting, etc. Nice to connect with you. "
Apr 30, 2012 09:24pm
Linda Leaming gave to: Tales In Colour And Other Stories by Kunzang Choden	My rating:
Beautifully written, funny, honest. These stories are a real insiders view of a fascinating and complex place, but they have universal appeal. I loved this book.
Feb 06, 2012 09:19pm · see review
Linda Leaming said "yes" to attending the event: On Promised Land - Free Book date: January 15, 2012 12:00PM location: Amazon dot com Kindle store, MT, The United States description: Free Kindle book for 2-days during the Martin Luther King celebrations. The book is about freedom. The history is daunting The story continues even today. Linda said: Thanks!
Jan 13, 2012 11:08am
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Dec 16, 2011 09:36pm
Linda Leaming made a comment on Small Packages: "Great! It's a beautiful show. "
Dec 04, 2011 08:34pm
Linda Leaming voted for If You Were Here: A Novel in Best Humor in the Final Round of the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards. cast your vote
Nov 29, 2011 08:13pm
Linda Leaming voted on the list Best Orientalist Literature
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Linda Leaming made a comment on Kindergarten Delinquent: "This is absolutely wonderful. "
Nov 10, 2011 09:58am
Linda Leaming marked as to-read: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls	My rating:
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Quotes by Linda Leaming

“The average Bhutanese knows much more about the world than the average American...(for Americans)It is more comfortable to watch fake news about celebrities than to know what's happening in China or southern Sudan. But events happening in China or Sudan affect us so much more because they are real.”
― Linda Leaming, Married to Bhutan

tags: inspiration , reality , world-view

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“There are all kinds of ignorance in the world. Education, learning to read and write, doesn't necessarily give us knowledge. We have to learn to use our minds to see what is really happening.”
― Linda Leaming, Married to Bhutan

tags: education , ignorance , learning

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“If I had to name the biggest difference between Bhutan and the rest of the world, I could do it in one word, civility.”
― Linda Leaming, Married to Bhutan

tags: bhutan , civility

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“Religion has convinced people that there's an invisible man ... living in the sky. Who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn't want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer, and suffer, and burn, and scream, until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you. He loves you and he needs money.”
― George Carlin

tags: atheism , humor , life , religion

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