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Blue Sky Kingdom: An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalaya

Bruce Kirkby

  • Bindwijze: Hardcover
  • Taal: en
  • Categorie: Reizen
  • ISBN: 9781643135687
An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalaya
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Taal:en
Bindwijze:Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum:01 november 2020
Aantal pagina's:352
Illustraties:Nee
Betrokkenen
Hoofdauteur:Bruce Kirkby
Hoofdauteur:Bruce Kirkby
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Extra groot lettertype:Nee
Studieboek:Nee
Verpakking breedte:152 mm
Verpakking hoogte:229 mm
Verpakking lengte:229 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:544 g
Overige kenmerken
Extra groot lettertype:Nee
Studieboek:Nee
Verpakking breedte:152 mm
Verpakking hoogte:229 mm
Verpakking lengte:229 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:544 g

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A warm and unforgettable portrait of a family letting go of the known world to encounter an unfamiliar one filled with rich possibilities and new understandings. Bruce Kirkby had fallen into a pattern of looking mindlessly at his phone for hours, flipping between emails and social media, ignoring his children and wife and everything alive in his world, when a thought struck him. This wasn't living; this wasn't him. This moment of clarity started a chain reaction which ended with a grand plan: he was going to take his wife and two young sons, jump on a freighter and head for the Himalaya. In Blue Sky Kingdom, we follow Bruce and his family's remarkable three months journey, where they would end up living amongst the Lamas of Zanskar Valley, a forgotten appendage of the ancient Tibetan empire, and one of the last places on earth where Himalayan Buddhism is still practiced freely in its original setting. Richly evocative, Blue Sky Kingdom explores the themes of modern distraction and the loss of ancient wisdom coupled with Bruce coming to terms with his elder son's diagnosis on the Autism Spectrum. Despite the natural wonders all around them at times, Bruce's experience will strike a chord with any parent-from rushing to catch a train with the whole family to the wonderment and beauty that comes with experience the world anew with your children.