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a journey into Bhutan

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An edition of Beyond the sky and the earth (1999)

Beyond the sky and the earth

a journey into Bhutan

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  • 1 Currently reading

At the age of twenty-four Jamie Zeppa, raised in a small Canadian town by her grandparents, engaged to be married - never having left the North American continents decided to go on one great adventure before settling down for a happy, if conventional, life.

Zeppa went to Bhutan as a teacher on a two-year Canadian government contract. During her early weeks of hardship and disorientation - primitive accommodations; wildlife that made no distinction between inside and outside; classroom with a blackboard, no chalk, and eager but uncomprehending students - this neophyte traveler was on the verge of packing it in.

After a few weeks more, however, the country and its people worked their alchemy on her; even as rats raided her pantry and rain assaulted her leaky roof, she canceled her trip home for Christmas and requested an extension of her contract. In time, she broke off her engagement. After two years, she was in love not only with the country, but also with a young Bhutanese man.

Stirring, poignant, funny, and full of joy, Beyond the Sky and the Earth is at once a classic tale of discovery and adventure, and a love story - between a woman and a country, a people, a man.

Publish Date
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Language
English
Pages
303

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Cover of: Beyond the Sky and the Earth
Beyond the Sky and the Earth
2010, Penguin USA, Inc.
Electronic resource in English
Cover of: Beyond the sky and the earth
Beyond the sky and the earth: a journey into Bhutan
2000, Pan
in English
Cover of: Beyond the Sky and the Earth
Beyond the Sky and the Earth : A Journey Into Bhutan
April 18, 2000, Doubleday Canada
Cover of: Beyond the Sky and the Earth
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan
May 1, 2000, Riverhead Trade
Paperback in English
Cover of: Beyond the Sky and the Earth
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan
Apr 25, 1999, Riverhead Books, Macmillan
hardcover
Cover of: Beyond the sky and the earth
Beyond the sky and the earth: a journey into Bhutan
1999, Riverhead Books
in English
Cover of: Beyond the sky and the earth
Beyond the sky and the earth: a journey into Bhutan
1999, Doubleday Canada
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
954.98
Library of Congress
DS494.5 .Z46 1999, DS491.5 .Z46 1999, DS494.5.Z46 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
303 p. ;
Number of pages
303

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL387610M
Internet Archive
beyondskyearthjo0000zepp_s6g2
ISBN 10
157322118X
LCCN
98050631
OCLC/WorldCat
40249828
Library Thing
27625
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
3385455

Work Description

In this memoir, a young Canadian woman decides to take her first trip outside of North America before she is to be married. After accepting a teaching post in Bhutan, a tiny kingdom in the Himalayas bordering China and India, she eventually breaks off her engagement and falls in love with another man.

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