Mushroom Ghosts, Belligerent Yaks, and Cranberry Cocktails: A Brag 'go Woman's Early Life

Acknowledgements <3>
Map of Dkar mdzes (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China  <6>


PART ONE: MY MOTHER (YE SHES, B. 1967) <7>
1: A Deadly Earthquake <8>
2: Grandmother <16>
3: A Stepmother <25>
4: Marriage <33>


PART TWO: ME (LHA MO, B. 1988) <37>
5: A Late Arrival <38>
6: Yak Attack <42>
7: Slaughtering Pigs <47>
8: Tumbling Off a Horse <53>
9: A Ghostly Yak <59>
10: A Miserable Marriage <64>
11: Scalded <76>
12: Uncle Rin chen's Bar Brawl <85>
13: A Puppy <91>
14: A Fight With a Boy <97>
15: Mushrooms and a Ghost <104>
16: Visiting a Nomad Couple <113>
17: Yak Thieves <120>
18: First Day at Middle School <125>
19: Early Morning Surprises <131>
20: Admirable Boys <135>
21: Hard Work Pays Off <139>
21: Journey to Zi ling City <145>
22: Marc and Andrea <153>
23: Lha sa <156>
24: Bde Chen <163>
25: To the USA <172>
 
26: The New World <179>
27: Haircuts <183>
28: Drunk <187>
29: The Future <191>


Non-English Terms <194>