# Leaving Mother Lake

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- Book: [Leaving Mother Lake](https://www.bookquiver.com/yang-e-namu/leaving-mother-lake) ([Leaving Mother Lake.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/yang-e-namu/leaving-mother-lake.md))
- Authors: [Yang E Namu](https://www.bookquiver.com/yang-e-namu), [Christine Mathieu](https://www.bookquiver.com/christine-mathieu)
- Publisher: back_bay
- ISBN: 978-03-1673-549-0
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2004-02-10
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The haunting memoir of a girl growing up in the Moso country in the Himalayas -- a unique matrilineal society. But even in this land of women, familial tension is eternal. Namu is a strong-willed daughter, and conflicts between her and her rebellious mother lead her to break the taboo that holds the Moso world together -- she leaves her mother's house.