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Set Free: A Life-Changing Journey from Banking to Buddhism in Bhutan
Emma Slade
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Description for Set Free: A Life-Changing Journey from Banking to Buddhism in Bhutan
Paperback. In 1997, Emma Slade was taken hostage in a hotel room on a business trip to Jakarta. Over the ensuing months the trauma following the event took hold. Realising her view on life had profoundly changed she embarked upon a journey, discovering the healing power of yoga and, in Bhutan, opening her eyes to a kinder, more peaceful way of living. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKH; BM; HRE; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
The man with the gun pushed me down onto the carpet. I tried to cower to make my body curl smaller, instinctively covering my head. `Oh God, please don't kill me.' My words clung to my teeth and now my whole body was so cold. All I had left were these words. `Please. Please don't kill me. Jesus. God. Please.' I wanted to live and I knew it with absolute certainty. I don't want to die. ... Read more
The man with the gun pushed me down onto the carpet. I tried to cower to make my body curl smaller, instinctively covering my head. `Oh God, please don't kill me.' My words clung to my teeth and now my whole body was so cold. All I had left were these words. `Please. Please don't kill me. Jesus. God. Please.' I wanted to live and I knew it with absolute certainty. I don't want to die. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Summersdale Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Chichester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849539609
SKU
V9781849539609
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Ref
99-50
About Emma Slade
Emma Slade is an ordained Buddhist nun, yoga and meditation teacher, and author. She is based in Whitstable, Kent, but spends several months per year in Bhutan where she set up and runs a charity called Opening Your Heart to Bhutan, which manages projects to help rural children.
Reviews for Set Free: A Life-Changing Journey from Banking to Buddhism in Bhutan
'a remarkable story'
Emma Barnett, Radio 5 live
'this is a story which needed to be told not just for Emma and the children of Bhutan, but for the world... utterly compelling'
Spectrum Magazine
'this is an amazing woman with an amazing story'
Davina McCall `It's an amazing story and what's most remarkable about it ... Read more
Emma Barnett, Radio 5 live
'this is a story which needed to be told not just for Emma and the children of Bhutan, but for the world... utterly compelling'
Spectrum Magazine
'this is an amazing woman with an amazing story'
Davina McCall `It's an amazing story and what's most remarkable about it ... Read more