Book description
Kusang never thought she would leave Tibet. Growing up in a remote
mountain village, she married a monk and gave birth to two children.
But then the Chinese army invaded, and their peaceful lives were
destroyed forever. Thousands were tortured, prison camps were set up
and Kusang's monastery was destroyed.
The family were forced to flee across the Himalayas in the depths of
winter, battling cold, fear, starvation and exhaustion. It took a
month to reach India, where they were then passed from one refugee
camp to another, all the while fighting hunger and disease. Kusang's
husband and her younger child died, but somehow Kusang and her
daughter Sonam survived.
In Across Many Mountains Sonam's daughter, Yangzom, born in
safety in Switzerland, has written the story of her inspirational
mother and grandmother's fight for survival, and their lives in exile.
It is an extraordinary story of determination, love and endurance.
Born in 1980 to a Swiss father and Tibetan mother, Yangzom Brauen is
an actress and political activist. She lives in both Los Angeles and
Berlin and has appeared in a number of German and American films. She is
also very active in the Free Tibet movement, making regular radio
broadcasts about Tibet and organising public demonstrations against the
Chinese occupation of Tibet.
