Reviews
"What a life! Born to a footloose pair of wandering American hippies, raised in a large Tibetan family, and ordained at six as a monk, Daja Wangchuk Meston's quest for his own identity is a kind of modern-day Odyssey. Alive with the sights and smells of a hidden world, resonant with emotional honesty, it is the story of the most epic journey of them all, the one that leads to home." -- Geraldine Brooks,winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novelMarchand author ofNine Parts of Desire: The Hidden Lives of Islamic Women, "What a life! Born to a footloose pair of wandering American hippies, raised in a large Tibetan family, and ordained at six as a monk, Daja Wangchuk Meston's quest for his own identity is a kind of modern-day Odyssey. Alive with the sights and smells of a hidden world, resonant with emotional honesty, it is the story of the most epic journey of them all, the one that leads to home." -- Geraldine Brooks,winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel March and author of Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden Lives of Islamic Women, "What a life! Born to a footloose pair of wandering American hippies, raised in a large Tibetan family, and ordained at six as a monk, Daja Wangchuk Meston's quest for his own identity is a kind of modern-day Odyssey. Alive with the sights and smells of a hidden world, resonant with emotional honesty, it is the story of the most epic journey of them all, the one that leads to home."-- Geraldine Brooks,winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novelMarchand author ofNine Parts of Desire: The Hidden Lives of Islamic Women, "What a life! Born to a footloose pair of wandering American hippies, raised in a large Tibetan family, and ordained at six as a monk, Daja Wangchuk Meston's quest for his own'identity is a kind of modern-day Odyssey. Alive with the sights and smells of a hidden world, resonant with emotional honesty, it is the story of the most epic journey of them all, the one that leads to home."-- Geraldine Brooks,winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novelMarchand author ofNine Parts of Desire: The Hidden Lives of Islamic Women, "What a life! Born to a footloose pair of wandering American hippies, raised in a large Tibetan family, and ordained at six as a monk, Daja Wangchuk Meston's quest for his ownidentity is a kind of modern-day Odyssey. Alive with the sights and smells of a hidden world, resonant with emotional honesty, it is the story of the most epic journey of them all, the one that leads to home." -- Geraldine Brooks, winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel "March" and author of "Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden Lives of Islamic Women"
