num_pages: 332
description: One of the first woman journalists to travel freely with the Afghan mujahedeen during the Soviet occupation in the late 1970s and 1980s, Denker, a freelance writer and photographer, exchanged the safety and comfort of her Southern California home for a world "on the bridge of fire" to find powerful family and spiritual bonds with a people and culture torn apart by war.Her subsequent travels to Pakistan and India were fueled by a passion for the land and its people as well as a keen eye for detail. Whether hiking dangerous mountain passes in the remote Hindu Kush or assisting the dying women at Mother Teresa's hospice in Calcutta, her indomitable strength and compassion resonate throughout this account of a life-transforming journey.This is a narrative of one woman's search for kinship and sisterhood, beauty and grace in a violent world.
language: English
title: Sisters on the Bridge of Fire: One Woman's Journey in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan
titlecomplete: Sisters on the Bridge of Fire: One Woman's Journey in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Schaffner Press, Inc.