We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
For those of us who cannot return home, the whole world is a dream.
Inspired in part by the author's personal experience, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies tells the story of a Tibetan family in exile for 50 years and three generations. China's invasion of Tibet in the 1950s was a tragedy that scattered a people around the world. Two sisters, Lhamo and Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee camp in Nepal. Having lost their homeland and their parents, the girls will try to build a new life in this unfamiliar world. An ancient statue of a nameless saint - a relic that disappears and reappears in times of need - accompanies them in their wanderings.
The path takes their family to distant Canada. And when Dolma, the daughter of one of the sisters, discovers the Nameless Saint in the collection of a wealthy Canadian family, she must decide how far she is willing to go for her people. Is she willing to risk her dreams for a lost homeland?
Tsering Yangzom Lama
Tsering Yangzom Lama holds an MFA from Columbia University and a BA from the University of British Columbia in Creative Writing and International Relations. Born and raised in Nepal, Tsering has lived in Vancouver, Toronto and New York. Her novel, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, received the Great Lakes College Fiction Association's New Writers Award.
