From the undertow in bali TO A REBEL CAMP
in the himalayas AND ON TO THE SACRED CAVES OF KUALA LUMPUR, TERESA FOLLETTE, A FILIPINO-AMERICAN JOURNALIST, ENCOUNTERS BEAUTY AND DANGER IN SOUTH EAST ASIA. TWO MEN--ONE OFTHEM A MONK--TAKE THERESA FURTHER INTO HER ADVENTURE THAN SHE EVER INTENDED TO GO.
“COMBINinG HER LYRICAL STYLE AND HER REMArKABLE ABILITY TO MERGE THE PRESENT AND THE PAST IN AN UNINTERRUPTED NARRATIVE, KALIFA (CARLENE) BONNIVIER SUCCEEDS IN GIVING A STORY THAT TOUCHES DEEP THE SOUL OF EVERY PERSON WHO HAS EVER FELT ISOLATED.”
FROM TIMES BOOKS INTERNATIONAL Singapore
Some would say it began before consciousness, before words, in the mists and shimmers before time. Others would say it began at seven o’clock behind the shed.
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Bonnivier began writing Okinawa 9/11 only minutes after the first World Trade Center Tower was hit at 8:45 in the morning in New York. It was 9:45 at night at Kadana Air Force Base in Okinawa.
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From the undertow in Bali to a Tibetan rebel camp in the Himalayas and on to the sacred Batu Caves of Kuala Lumpur, Teresa Follette, a Filipino-American journalist for the Los Angeles Star, encounters beauty and danger in South East Asia.
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