Caught in the everyday reality of household life, fifteen-year-old Tsomo is suddenly called upon to travel when her mother dies. She makes her first journey to a faraway village to light the ritual butter lamps in her mother’s memory. Beginning here, her travels take her to distant places, across Bhutan and into India. As she faces the world, a woman alone, Tsomo embarks on what becomes a life journey, in which she begins to find herself, and to grow as a person and a woman.

KUNZANG CHODEN, born in Bhutan’s Bumthang District in 1952, is one of the country’s best-known writers. She is recognized for her efforts to document and preserve Bhutanese oral traditions and folklore. Among her publications are: Tales in Colour and Other Stories, Aunty Mouse and Room in Your Heart.