About this title: In this memoir, a young Canadian woman decides to take her first trip outside of North America before she is to be married. After accepting a teaching post in Bhutan, a tiny kingdom in the Himalayas bordering China and India, she eventually breaks off her engagement and falls in love with another man.
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Edition: Thumb Indexed and Thumb Indexed and Updated to Include New D.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781573221184ISBN:157322118X
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Hardcover Edition-Average Wear-Few Markings. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 303 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Trade, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781573228152ISBN:157322815X
Description: Very Good. 157322815X Previously read trade paperback book in very good condition, some very minor shelf wear, no rips or tears. 445001080 _ read more
Edition: 3rd
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781573228152ISBN:157322815X
Description: Very Good- As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bumps, remainder mark to the bottom edge of the book, large corenr creases to the front cover, and other light to moderate shopwear. Memoir of Zeppa's 3 year stay in the tiny Buddhist kingdom just south of Tibet. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781573228152ISBN:157322815X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. VG+, pages are clean; wraps have a little edge wear and a small crease to a fore corner. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 303 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Riverhead Books, NY
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781573221184ISBN:157322118X
Description: Very Good. 157322118x. The author's account of her three years teaching in this tiny Buddhist kingdom just south of Tibet. Covers scuffed, else a clean, tight copy.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; 303 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Date Published: 2000-05-01
ISBN-13:9781573228152ISBN:157322815X
Description: New in None as issued. jacket. New, unread copy. We ship 6 days a week, generally within 24 hours; single CDs and DVDs upgraded to 1st class! read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Glossy Softcover
Publisher: Riverhead Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781573228152ISBN:157322815X
Description: Very Good. 303pp Map Previous owner's inscription on dedication page, otherwise book is AS NEW. read more
Edition: 13th Printing
Binding: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Berkeley Books, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781573228152ISBN:157322815X
Description: Very Good Condition. 6x9 Inches. This is the story of three years spent in Bhutan, a tiny Bhuddist kingdom just South of Tibet. This softcover book from 2000 is in Very Good Condition. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Riverhead Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781573221184ISBN:157322118X
Description: Very Good in Good + jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Jacket has light edgewear wrinkle on front bottom. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Binding is Boards
Publisher: Riverhead Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781573221184ISBN:157322118X
Description: Very Good Plus in Very Good Plus jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book and dustjacket are a little rubbed and jacket has one tiny, closed tear at the top of the front panel else clean, straight and tight. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Riverhead Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781573221184ISBN:157322118X
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. First Edition. F/F. Hardcover, gray & blue boards with gilt titles, DJ, 303 pp, faint edgewear, else a very nice, clean and crisp copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781573228152ISBN:157322815X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Date Published: 2000-05-01
ISBN-13:9781573228152ISBN:157322815X
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781573228152. read more
"I was completely in love with this book's lyrical prose and sharp insight into extended travel in Bhutan--a land that, in some ways, time forgot. I don't know how it would be received by someone who has not been there, but it was very powerful to me and made me think about my root motives for travel, as well. However, I didn't like the ending; I wanted to see more of life in two worlds, and the experience of her bi-cultural son. Perhaps we'll have to wait another 20 years until he feels like telling his story in the sequel."
"I loved the writers description of her feelings moving overseas and reactions to living in the developing world. Her voice even changes as she relates changing from being more Canadian to being a Buddhist living in Bhutan."
"This might be my favorite book--EVER. Jamie Zeppa creates Bhutan in such an accessible way I feel like I've lived there. Her heartbreaks became my own. She becomes a broader person in Bhutan. She says (not a direct quote), when I lived in Canada, I didn't really think about the consequences of my actions. When I put the garbage out, it was taken away. Here in Bhutan, I am forced to contemplate what will happen to something when I am done with it.
This book also asks, am I doing more harm than good? I think every person who has lived overseas has contemplated this exact thought.
Jamie shows us that we are all connected--that our actions here in North America have a far-reaching impact that we may never see or hear about. She also shows us that one decision can forever alter our life path. It's the journey that's important--and those we love!"
"Interesting true-life tale of a young Canadian woman who in the late 80s decides to accept a 2 year teaching gig a Bhutan, a country that even today grant a very limited number of travel visas to outside visitors."
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