Whispers from the Valley of the Yak: A Memoir of Coming Full Circle

Jackie, born of medical missionaries in China during World War II, rejected her connection to her birth country growing up because it made her different.

A return to China with her parents in 1980, however, is life-changing. After always having known her mother as distant and emotionally abusive, she is stunned to see a loving side to her for the first time—and pleasantly surprised by the affinity she feels for her birth country.

These revelations launch Jackie on a quest to understand her d...