Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World, (Paperback)

from lizhawk

T Bk club. Remarkable story of a matrilineal society high in the mountains between China and Tibet. Girls are favored; traditional marriage is not; women may take many lovers; siblings have different fathers none of whom live with the families; men live in their mothers' houses so children are ra...

from gercmbyrne

An excellent read, this book charts the life of Yang Erche Namu wellknown in China as a siger of folkmusic.Born into what may well be the only recorded matriarchal society in the world, her story not only provides a valuable record of an age old way of life with its customs, beliefs and rituals b...

from thetometraveller

Leaving Mother Lake is a peek into a different world, one that is completely different from the rest of the world, and fast disappearing. Namu grew up in an isolated section of the Himalayas in China. In her society the women did not marry, they were the ones that owned the property and passed it...

from EricaKline

I enjoyed the aspects of life in a Chinese Minority culture. I thought the writing was dry and lacked the intimate personal details that would have made Yang seem real.

from clik4

Christine Mathieu has a doctorate in Moso Culture and history and met Yang Erche Namu who grew up in a small tribe in China called the Moso and the conversations followed. This book is a memoir of Yang Erche Namu's experience growing up in a unique culture; one that may be one of only a few truly...