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In the shadow of the mountain : a memoir of courage
- Title
- In the shadow of the mountain : a memoir of courage / Silvia Vasquez-Lavado.
- Author
- Vasquez-Lavado, Silvia
- Publication
- New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022.
- ©2022
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| Text | Use in library | GV199.92.V37 A3 2022 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 309 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- "When Silvia's mother called her home to Peru, she knew something finally had to give. A Latinx hero in the elite macho tech world of Silicon Valley, privately, she was hanging by a thread. She was deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing the abuse she'd suffered as a child. Her visit to Peru would become a turning point in her life. Silvia started climbing. Something about the brute force required for the ascent-the restricted oxygen at altitude, the vast expanse of emptiness around her, the risk and spirit and sheer size of the mountains, the nearness of death-woke her up. And then, she took her biggest pain to the biggest mountain: Everest. "The Mother of the World," as it's known in Nepal, allows few to reach her summit, but Silvia didn't go alone. She gathered a group of young female survivors and led them to base camp alongside her, their strength and community propelling her forward. In the Shadow of the Mountain is a remarkable story of heroism, one which awakens in all of us a lust for adventure, gratitude for the strong women in our lives, and faith in our own resilience"--
- Subject
- Vasquez-Lavado, Silvia
- Mountaineers > United States > Biography
- Women mountaineers > United States > Biography
- Hispanic American women > Biography
- Hispanic American sexual minorities > Biography
- Women in technology > United States
- Hispanic Americans
- Hispanic or Latino
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
- SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol
- SPORTS & RECREATION / Mountaineering
- Hispanic American sexual minorities
- Hispanic American women
- Mountaineers
- Women in technology
- Women mountaineers
- Mountaineers > Biography
- Hispanic Americans > Biography
- Adult child abuse victims > Biography
- Alcoholics > Biography
- Mount Everest (China and Nepal)
- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies.
- Autobiography
- Biography
- autobiographies (literary works)
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Chomolungma -- Borron y cuenta nueva -- Summit mittens -- Sunday's prey -- The high Himalayas -- Lancaster 90210 -- Ridum -- Top shelf -- Nothing we do is small -- Peruvian cowgirl with no past -- Walking together -- When things fall apart -- Testosterone -- The Great Wall -- Kind if you let her -- Los divorciados -- The valley of silence -- The death zone -- At the top of the world.
- ISBN
- 9781250776747
- 1250776740
- 9781250776754 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2021036935
- OCLC
- on1246726206
- 1246726206
- SCSB-14224600
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library