Leaving Mother Lake

By Christine Mathieu, Yang Erche Namu Yang Erche Namu

Subjects: Singers, Sociology, China, Biography, Biography & Autobiography, Women, China, biography, Anthropology - Cultural, Nakhi, Biography/Autobiography, Nonfiction, General, Yang Erche Namu,, China, social life and customs, 1966-, Namu, Yang Erche, Matriarchat, Personal Memoirs, Frau, Biography & Autobiography / General, Singers, biography, Women singers, Biography / Autobiography, Ethnic Cultures - General, Sängerin, Sa ngerin

Description: The haunting memoir of a girl growing up in the Moso country in the Himalayas--a unique matrilineal society. But even in this land of women, familial tension is eternal. Namu is a strong-willed daughter, and conflicts between her and her rebellious mother lead her to break the taboo that holds the Moso world together--she leaves her mother's house.