Nepali Aama

by Broughton Coburn

Book Overview

An enchanting portrait of an inimitable Himalayan woman in her seventies whose life and wisdom illustrate the strength and resilience of the human spirit. In 1973 Broughton Coburn lived and taught school in a subsistence farming village on the edge of Nepal's Himalayan mountains. It was there that he met and developed a unique friendship with a septuagenarian native widow named Vishnu Maya Gurung, fondly known to her relatives and locals as Aama (mother)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385474334
• ISBN13: 9780385474337
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"