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A Childhood in Tibet

By: Thérèse Obrecht Hodler
Narrated by: Tenzin Kalsang
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Summary

Tendöl Namling turned 60 in March 2019. She was born at the time when the Dalai Lama fled from Lhasa and the uprising of his people by the Chinese People's Army was brutally suppressed. She has lived for 22 years under Chinese rule. As the daughter of a high government official, she underwent the ordeal of "re-education" with full force. All she has kept from these years are painful memories and some crumpled photographs. They show her with her friends and cousins in Lhasa, smiling as if nothing had happened.

When Tendöl turned 10, her brother was arrested and her mother sentenced to 10 years in prison. Tendöl was sent to work in road construction for several years. At the age of 20, she was allowed to start an apprenticeship as motor mechanic. Thanks to the efforts of her family in exile, Tendöl was able to leave Tibet in 1982.

After 20 years of hardship she landed in prosperous Switzerland. It felt as if she had to start her life all over again. She struggled but she never gave up. She founded a family and a business and reconciled herself with the painful past.

In Tendöl's words, "this little book is dedicated to all the Tibetans who continue to rebel against the Chinese occupation."

©2021 Thérèse Obrecht Hodler (P)2021 Random House Audio
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