Married to Bhutan - Linda Leaming

Tucked
away in the eastern end of the Himalayas lies Bhutan - a tiny, landlocked
country bordering China and India. Impossibly remote and nearly
inaccessible, Bhutan is rich in natural beauty, exotic plants and
animals, and crazy wisdom. It is a place where people are genuinely
content with very few material possessions and the government embraces 'Gross National Happiness' instead of Gross National Product.

In this funny, magical memoir, we accompany Linda Leaming
on her travels through South Asia, sharing her experiences as she
learns the language, customs and religion; her surprising romance with a
Buddhist artist; and her realisations about the unexpected path to
happiness and accidental enlightenment.

As one of the few Americans to have lived in Bhutan, Leaming offers a
rare glimpse into the quirky mountain kingdom so many have only dreamed
of. For over ten years, Leaming has lived and worked in the capital city of
Thimphu, where there are no traffic lights and fewer than 100,000
people. "If enlightenment is possible anywhere," she writes, "I think it
is particularly possible here."

With fantastic lessons from the Bhutanese way of life, beautiful evocations of this unspoiled land and a love story which is founded on the new peace she found in Bhutan, this book will appeal to anyone who wants to go on a voyage of discovery: to a foreign land or within the self.