The Saffron Road by Christine Toomey

The Saffron Road by Christine Toomey

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Part travel and history, part oral biography and reflection, Buddha's Daughters tells the story of the women - past and present, in the East and the West - who choose to become Buddhist nuns

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The Saffron Road by Christine Toomey

Part travel and history, part oral biography and reflection, Buddha's Daughters tells the story of the women - past and present, in the East and the West - who choose to become Buddhist nuns
CHRISTINE TOOMEY has been a foreign correspondent and feature writer for the Sunday Times for more than 20 years, reporting extensively from Latin America, the Middle East and throughout Europe. She has investigated the sinking of Russia's Kursk nuclear submarine and the mass murder of women in Guatemala, reported from Kosovo and Bosnia on the fate of children born to women raped during the Balkans wars, tracked down a wanted Nazi war criminal, and lived for a week with the two wives of a Hamas politician in the West Bank. She has received several prizes for her journalism, including two Amnesty International Awards for Magazine Story of the Year.
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ISBN 13 9781846274923
ISBN 10 1846274923
Title The Saffron Road
Author Christine Toomey
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Granta Books
Year published 2015-06-04
Number of pages 384
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