{"product_id":"9780771047244","title":"We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Summer Read Pick • A \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Noteworthy Book of the Month • One of \u003ci\u003eBooklist'\u003c\/i\u003es Top 10 Historical Fiction Debuts • One of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Writers to Watch • Named a Most Anticipated Book by The Millions, Ms. Magazine, and Bustle • Winner of the Banff Mountain Book Award • Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and the Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes • Longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and the Toronto Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eHomegoing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Boat People\u003c\/i\u003e, a compelling and profound debut novel about a Tibetan family's journey through exile.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the wake of China’s invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee camp on the border of Nepal, having survived the dangerous journey across the Himalayas into exile when so many others did not. As Lhamo—haunted by the loss of her homeland and her mother, the village oracle—tries to rebuild a life amid a shattered community, hope arrives in the form of a young man named Samphel and his uncle, who brings with him the ancient statue of the Nameless Saint, a relic long rumoured to vanish and reappear in times of need.\u003cbr\u003e     Decades later, the sisters are separated, and Tenkyi is living with Lhamo’s daughter, Dolma, in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood. While Tenkyi works as a cleaner and struggles with traumatic memories, Dolma vies for a place as a scholar of Tibetan Studies. But when Dolma comes across the Nameless Saint in a collector’s vault, she must decide what she is willing to do for her community, even if it means risking her dreams.\u003cbr\u003e     Breathtaking in scope and powerfully intimate, \u003ci\u003eWe Measure the Earth with Our Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e is a gorgeously written meditation on colonization, displacement, and the lengths we'll go to remain connected to our families and ancestral lands. Told through the lives of four people over fifty years, this beautifully lyrical debut novel provides a nuanced portrait of the world of Tibetan exiles.","brand":"Tsering Yangzom Lama (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45230152843318,"sku":"9780771047244","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0696\/2026\/9110\/files\/we-measure-the-earth-with-our-bodies-5713236.jpg?v=1775230399","url":"https:\/\/shopsaturdaymorning.ca\/products\/9780771047244","provider":"Saturday Morning","version":"1.0","type":"link"}