When Adhe Tapontsang--or Ama (Mother) Adhe, as she is affectionately known--left Tibet in 1987, she was allowed to do so on the condition that she remain silent about her twenty-seven years in Chinese prisons. Yet she made a promise to herself and to the many that did not survive: she would not let the truth about China's occupation go unheard or unchallenged.

The Voice That Remembers is an engrossing firsthand account of Ama Adhe's mission and a record of a crucial time in modern Tibetan history. It will forever change how you think about Tibet, about China, and about our shared capacity for survival.

The Voice that Remembers: A Tibetan Woman's Inspiring Story of Survival, Ama Adhe, Wisdom Publications, Paperback, 257 pages, $16.95

Ama Adhe Tapontsang is a native of the Kham region of eastern Tibet, where she spent a happy childhood, and is an activist dedicated to securing the much-needed freedom of her country. Imprisoned for twenty-seven years for her resistance activities following the invasion of her country by the Chinese Communists in the 1950s, she faced inhuman torture and deprivation. Following her release, she left in 1987 for India, where she now lives in Dharamsala. The Voice That Remembers is the story of her life.

Joy Blakeslee, M.A. Ed, J.D., is a writer and teacher who specializes in human rights, history, and literacy. Blakeslee has worked in civil rights law, as a teacher for the New York Department of Education, and as an independent researcher. She has visited India many times, and is profoundly impressed by the strength, determination, and spirituality of the Tibetan people. She is currently co-writing a book with Dr. Gloria Frelix about post-Civil Rights era Mississippi, and corporate, environmental racism. Blakeslee lives in Florida.

CONTENTS: The Voice that Remembers
Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama			vii
Preface by Joy Blakeslee			ix
Part I. Before the Years of Sorrow			1
	Prologue		3
	Chapter 1.	Childhood in the Land of Flowers	5
	Chapter 2.	From Nyarong	11
	Chapter 3.	Family and Traditions	17
	Chapter 4.	Memories of Karze	29
Part II. Invasion and Imprisonment			39
	Chapter 5.	The Advent of Communism	41
	Chapter 6.	Forgotten Promises	59
	Chapter 7.	Desperate Battles	73
	Chapter 8.	Arrest	81
	Chapter 9.	"We Will See That You Suffer for the Rest of Your Life"	97
	Chapter 10.	Gothang Gyalgo	111
Part III. Lotus in the Lake			131
	Chapter 11.	Pouring Water on a Stone	133
	Chapter 12.	Reunions	159
Part IV. An Unstilled Voice			181
	Chapter 13.	Liberalization	183
	Chapter 14.	Freedom	211
	Chapter 15.	"Testimony for the Dead and the Living"	223
Epilogue: The Wheel of Time			231
	Appendix: Historical Summary		237
	Glossary of Names, Places, and Terms		245
	Bibliography		255
	Resources on Tibet		257