num_pages: 293
description: A young Chinese woman describes growing up in Moso country in the Himalayas, among her people's unique matrilineal society and the conflicts with her strong-willed mother that led her to leave her mother's home to create a life of own. 25,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World
titlecomplete: Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World
genres: Asian Literature, Biography, China, Anthropology, History, Womens, Asia, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Memoir
ratings_count: 1773
publisher: Little, Brown and Company