false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172171973m/145249.jpg 145249 10 As a teacher of English literature, Jamie Zeppa would understand how the story of her journey into Bhutan could be fit into the convenient box of "coming-of-age romance," a romance with a landscape, a people, a religion, and a dark, irresistible student. An innocent, young Catholic woman from a Canadian mining town who had "never been anywhere," Zeppa signed up for a two-year stint teaching in a remote corner of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Despite the initial shock of material privation and such minor inconveniences as giardia, boils, and leeches, Zeppa felt herself growing into the vast spaces of simplicity that opened up beyond the clutter of modern life. Alongside her burgeoning enchantment, a parallel realization that all was not right in Shangri-La arose, especially after her transfer to a college campus charged with the politics of ethnic division. Still she maintained her center by devouring the library's Buddhist tracts and persevering in an increasingly fruitful meditation practice. When the time came for her to leave, she had undergone a personal transformation and found herself caught between two worlds that were incompatible and mutually incomprehensible. Zeppa's candid, witty account is a spiritual memoir, a travel diary, and, more than anything, a romance that retraces the vicissitudes of ineluctable passion. <I>--Brian Bruya</I> 2056263 1998 Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan total:380|5:144|4:166|3:52|2:15|1:3| 380 1573 513 87 4 3 false false Thu Feb 22 11:19:46 -0800 2007 Thu Feb 22 11:24:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Apr 03 19:33:37 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 03 19:36:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 15:35:51 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 15:47:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 11 21:34:37 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 21:39:38 -0700 2009 at least three more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Sep 26 09:07:17 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 09:10:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Wed Jun 20 11:41:13 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 08:31:43 -0700 2007 1 1 false false Tue Feb 19 10:25:38 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 11:47:28 -0800 2008
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