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Beyond the Summit
Media
Interview on Colorado Public Radio (mp3 format)
August 4, 2006. Claudia Cragg for KGNU.
Video of author reading from her book at the Small Press Book Fair in Manhattan, December 2006.
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Barnes and Noble Review
Average Rating: *****
07/07/2006
"Best book on Nepal ever... This is the book to read before you embark on your pilgrimage to Nepal. The author knows and loves the people and the country, and makes you feel the cold thin air, the hard rocks of the mountains, the tough life of the Sherpa guides, and you learn to love them too. This is a higly literate, but also very readable book. Highly recommended."
-- John (college professor)

Enter the world of Sherpas with something for everyone:
An Everest expedition from a porter's point of view, Buddhist rituals, conflict between generations as tourism challenges traditions, Sherpa culture, Tibetan refugees, a love affair between an American journalist and Sherpa guide.

Beyond the Summit tells the story of two people with dreams. Beth is an American journalist who finally arrives in her Shangri-La to do a story on Nepal. Dorje is a young Sherpa who aspires to summit Everest like Tenzing Norgay before him, even if it means severing ties with his father’s traditions. As tourists flood into the remote Himalayan kingdom, Dorje yearns for what the modern world brings. He struggles not only against violent storms and the mountain that has seduced him since childhood but clashes with his father as old ways vanish. Immediately attracted to the blond-haired woman who comes to study his people, Dorje experiences a deeper love than he’s ever known and discovers the consequences of their affair.
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