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Whispers from the Valley of the Yak weaves an intergenerational story about the power of forgiveness and being true to oneself. When Jackie returns to her Chinese birthplace with her aging American parents, profound questions arise about love and family. These questions set Jackie on a quest to understand her troubled childhood and what she wants from life. Living in Alaska for four years, she discovers an affinity for the mountains and begins three decades of environmental work. Later, Jackie returns to China with her adult children, retracing her parents’ footsteps and making peace with her past.
About Jacquelyn Tuxill
Jackie’s life has been anything but ordinary from the very beginning. She was born in 1942 to medical missionary parents in Chengdu, China. Two and a half years later her family fled the escalating war between China and Japan, flying “over the Hump” of the Himalaya Mountains to India. In Mumbai they waited six months for passage home to the United States. While there Jackie turned three years old.
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