{"product_id":"cave-in-the-snow-9781582340456","title":"Cave in the Snow","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the incredible story of Tenzin Palmo, a remarkable woman who spent 12 years alone in a cave 13,000 feet up in the Himalayas.\u003cbr\u003eAt the age of 20, Diane Perry, looking to fill a void in her life, entered a monastery in India--the only woman amongst hundreds of monks---and began her battle against the prejudice that had excluded women from enlightenment for thousands of years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirteen years later, Diane Perry a.k.a. Tenzin Palmo secluded herself in a remote cave 13,000 feet up in the Himalayas, where she stayed for twelve years. In her mountain retreat, she face unimaginable cold, wild animals, floods, snow and rockfalls, grew her own food and slept in a traditional wooden meditation box, three feet square. She never lay down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTenzin emerged from the cave with a determination to build a convent in northern India to revive the Togdenma lineage, a long-forgotten female spiritual elite. She has traveled around the world to find support for her cause, meeting with spiritual leaders from the Pope to Desmond Tutu. She agreed to tell her story only to Vicky Mackenzie and a portion of the royalties from this book will help towards the completion of her convent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVicki Mackenzie\u003c\/b\u003e has been a features writer for \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Sketch \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Mail \u003c\/i\u003eand has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times, The Observer, The Daily Express, The Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e, and many national Australian magazines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644571914514,"sku":"9781582340456","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d6f0bc69-1ff7-4313-9048-275f81f3b4f1.jpg?v=1733115860","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cave-in-the-snow-9781582340456","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}