01967cam a2200313 i 4500 1155371517 TxAuBib 20240227120000.0 220423s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781639731848 pbk 18.99 1639731849 pbk 18.99 TxAuBib rda Lama, Tsering Yangzom. [Book club] We measure the earth with our bodies [BOOK] : a novel / Tsering Yangzom Lama. Paperback edition. New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022. 349 pages : maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In the wake of China's invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her younger sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee camp in Nepal. They survived the dangerous journey across the Himalayas, but their parents did not. As Lhamo--haunted by the loss of her homeland and her mother, a village oracle--tries to rebuild a life amid a shattered community, hope arrives in the form of a young man named Samphel and his uncle, who brings with him the ancient statue of the Nameless Saint--a relic known to vanish and reappear in times of need. Decades later, the sisters are separated, and Tenkyi is living with Lhamo's daughter, Dolma, in Toronto. While Tenkyi works as a cleaner and struggles with traumatic memories, Dolma vies for a place as a scholar of Tibetan Studies. But when Dolma comes across the Nameless Saint in a collector's vault, she must decide what she is willing to do for her community, even if it means risking her dreams.". 20240227. Women, Tibetan Fiction. Sisters Fiction. Exiles Fiction. Refugees Nepal Fiction. Relics Fiction. Historical fiction.