A Winter in Tibet

Charles and Jill Hadfield spent nine months teaching in Lhasa during the brief period when Tibet was open to foreigners. They worked with Chinese and Tibetans, trying to understand the feelings of everyone they met in a land slowly emerging from two decades of violence and repression.The Hadfields, like most foreign visitors, fell in love with Tibet. What comes through in their deeply felt account, even more than the beauty of the landscapes and the fascination of the culture and religion, is a portrait of the resilience and courage, the determined good humor and warmth of the Tibetan people."(The Hadfield's) book is remarkable for its thoughtfulness, shrewdness and sensitivity. It is sometimes funny, often moving and always honest - a valuable record of a rapidly changing scene."- Devla Murphy