Whispers from the Valley of the Yak (ePub)
A Memoir of Coming Full Circle
(Sprache: Englisch)
Jackie, born of medical missionaries in China during World War II,
rejected her connection to her birth country growing up because it made
her different.
A return to China with her parents in 1980,
however, is life-changing. After always...
rejected her connection to her birth country growing up because it made
her different.
A return to China with her parents in 1980,
however, is life-changing. After always...
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Jackie, born of medical missionaries in China during World War II,
rejected her connection to her birth country growing up because it made
her different.
A return to China with her parents in 1980,
however, is life-changing. After always having known her mother as
distant and emotionally abusive, she is stunned to see a loving side to
her for the first time-and pleasantly surprised by the affinity she
feels for her birth country.
These revelations launch Jackie on a
quest to understand her difficult childhood and who she is beyond
"wife," "mother," and "daughter." Her journey takes her first to the
mountainous landscapes of Alaska, where she finds a passion for nature
and begins a thirty-five-year environmental career. As she builds her
life there and later in New England, she makes multiple trips to her
birth country-with her parents, alone, and with her adult children. Each
of these trips provides a benchmark for the growth and transformation
she undergoes as she learns to create the authentic life she craves.
Deeply reflective and sensitively rendered, Whispers from the Valley of the Yak
touches on the healing power of nature and universal themes of
unconditional love and forgiveness-and, most importantly, being true to
oneself.
rejected her connection to her birth country growing up because it made
her different.
A return to China with her parents in 1980,
however, is life-changing. After always having known her mother as
distant and emotionally abusive, she is stunned to see a loving side to
her for the first time-and pleasantly surprised by the affinity she
feels for her birth country.
These revelations launch Jackie on a
quest to understand her difficult childhood and who she is beyond
"wife," "mother," and "daughter." Her journey takes her first to the
mountainous landscapes of Alaska, where she finds a passion for nature
and begins a thirty-five-year environmental career. As she builds her
life there and later in New England, she makes multiple trips to her
birth country-with her parents, alone, and with her adult children. Each
of these trips provides a benchmark for the growth and transformation
she undergoes as she learns to create the authentic life she craves.
Deeply reflective and sensitively rendered, Whispers from the Valley of the Yak
touches on the healing power of nature and universal themes of
unconditional love and forgiveness-and, most importantly, being true to
oneself.
Autoren-Porträt von Jacquelyn Lenox Tuxill
Even as a child, Jacquelyn Tuxill's world view was expansive. Born in Chengdu, China, of medical missionary parents, as a toddler she escaped the final months of WWII with her family and celebrated her third birthday in India before obtaining passage to the US and settling in a rural West Virginia town in 1948. After graduating cum laude from Muskingum College with a BS in biology, she worked in a medical research lab while her husband attended medical school; they later moved to Alaska, where Jackie discovered a love of outdoor adventure and a passion for nature that led to a thirty-five-year career in environmental work. "Ashes and Rivers," a chapter adapted from Whispers From the Valley of the Yak, appeared in the 2019 anthology True Stories: The Narrative Project, Vol I. For the past three decades, Jackie has made her home in Lincoln, Vermont.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jacquelyn Lenox Tuxill
- 2023, 304 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: She Writes Press
- ISBN-10: 1647425506
- ISBN-13: 9781647425500
- Erscheinungsdatum: 26.09.2023
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