Sorrow Mountain - The Remarkable Story of a Tibetan Warrior Nun

Forced to spend 21 years in Chinese prisons and to endure unimaginable torture, Ani Pachen chose to become a warrior rather than a victim. Her story if one of many layers of invasion and revelation... restrained and elegant. Ani Pachen has vivid memories of her life as a young girl in Tibet. And she remembers the day her father died and, shortly thereafter, the day the Chinese invaded. In the blink of an eye, their lives were changed forever, as the Chinese invasion attacked the people of Tibet, their ancient culture and their Buddhist heritage. In a role she'd never imagined for herself, Ani relinquished her religious dreams and assumed her father's position, leading her village in the fight. Fleeing to t he hills, she was one of only a handful of female resistance leaders. Her eventual capture by the Chinese two years later was only the beginning of 21 long years of cruel imprisonment and almost constant torture. Finally released in 1981, Ani returned to her village only to find it in ruins. In constant danger of being recaptured, she escaped on foot over the Himalayas into India, and in Dharamsala she found her way to the Dalai Lama and her true spiritual home...