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- BookSilvia Vasquez-Lavado.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"-- Provided by publisher.
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.