Across the Snow Mountains: From Tibet to Exile
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Ages: 12-15, 18+
Across the Snow Mountains: From Tibet to Exile shares the extraordinary true stories of four Tibetan women who risked everything to journey across the world’s highest peaks. With little more than faith and tenacity, they walked for weeks through unforgiving terrain. Each woman’s path—from nomadic pastures and remote villages to refugee life in India—reveals not only survival against impossible odds but also the profound resilience of the Tibetan spirit.
Through voices that are raw, courageous, and deeply human, this book illuminates the cost of displacement and the enduring hope that sustains a people in exile. Both an intimate portrait and a vital historical account, Across the Snow Mountains is a testament to courage, loss, and the unbreakable will to be free.
Reviews
Across the Snow Mountains: From Tibet to Exile is a powerful and moving book that tells the true stories of four Tibetan women who fled their homeland by crossing the Himalayas and eventually finding exile in India. The author's personal friendships and thorough interviews with the women, helped her to vividly describe the dangers of their journey and their extraordinary courage and determination. This beautiful book not only shows the incredible challenge of crossing the mountains, but also the deep emotional pain of leaving home and the issues of rebuilding life in exile.
