Part travel memoir, part spiritual pilgrimage, and part call to action, the Bond Between Women takes us across the world and back to meet America to meet women - both mythological and real - of fierce compassion. In Nepal, a woman doctor tirelessly rescues children who have been sold to brothels. In India, women band together to clean the waters of the Ganges. In Brazil, a woman teaches street children in a makeshift school under a freeway. In Argentina, the Mothers of the Disappeared bear witness against the government that stole their children's lives. And in the United States, Mother Teresa's Sisters feed the poor, and a Buddhist nun teaches the art of peacemaking. Weaving strands of her own personal journey throughout, as well as exquisite re-creations of ancient goddess myths, China Galland reveals fierce compassion in action - and offers an inspiring look at the bond between women and the surprising strength of its power to change the world.
