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Tibetan Foothold

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Charm of resilience & adventure in Tibetan Foothold.

This book is a must-read for those who enjoy reading about adventure and resilience. Dervla Murphy beautifully describes her six months in an orphanage for Tibetan children in the refugee camps of Northern India, where she fell in love with the tough yet affectionate children of the new Tibet-in-exile. Her heart-rending account is interwoven with her own observations on the particular cultural and social problems associated with trying to help a people who have lived in isolation from the rest of the world. Murphy is an acute observer of politics and society and her journey in this book is sure to inspire and captivate readers.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Tibetan Foothold

by Dervla Murphy
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Compare to estimated retail price: S$26.22  

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ISBN: 9781906011642
Authors: Dervla Murphy
Publisher: Eland Publishing
Date of Publication: 2012-04-12
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Travel
Related Topics: Biography, Memoir, Autobiography, Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.03
(rated by 197 readers)

Description

Tibetan Foothold is Dervla Murphy's account of the day-to-day life in an orphanage for Tibetan children in the refugee camps of Northern India in the 1960s. Dervla vividly describes the children's lives in squalor while a handful of dedicated volunteers do their best to feed and care for them, attempting to keep disease at bay with limited resources. Dervla's heart-rending account is interwoven with her own observations on the particular cultural and social problems associated with trying to help a people who have lived in isolation from the rest of the world, and she becomes a perceptive witness to the inner realities and sometime inadequacies of aid work.
 

Charm of resilience & adventure in Tibetan Foothold.

This book is a must-read for those who enjoy reading about adventure and resilience. Dervla Murphy beautifully describes her six months in an orphanage for Tibetan children in the refugee camps of Northern India, where she fell in love with the tough yet affectionate children of the new Tibet-in-exile. Her heart-rending account is interwoven with her own observations on the particular cultural and social problems associated with trying to help a people who have lived in isolation from the rest of the world. Murphy is an acute observer of politics and society and her journey in this book is sure to inspire and captivate readers.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.