In the shadow of the mountain : a memoir of courage / Silvia Vasquez-Lavado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vasquez-Lavado, Silvia, author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vasquez-Lavado, Silvia.

Mountaineers--United States--Biography.

Mountaineers.

Women in technology.

Hispanic American sexual minorities.

Hispanic American women--Biography.

Hispanic American women.

United States.

Women mountaineers--United States--Biography.

Women mountaineers.

Hispanic American sexual minorities--Biography.

Everest, Mount (China and Nepal).

Women in technology--United States.

Hispanic American sexual minorites.

Hispanic LGBTQ+ people.

LGBTQ+ people.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

309 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022.

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:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Chomolungma

2. Borron y Cuenta Nueva

3. Summit Mittens

4. Sunday's Prey

5. The High Himalayas

6. Lancaster 90210

7. Ridum

8. Top Shelf

9. Nothing We Do Is Small

10. Peruvian Cowgirl with No Past

11. Walking Together

12. When Things Fall Apart

13. Testosterone

14. The Great Wall

15. Kind If You Let Her

16. Los Divorciados

17. The Valley of Silence

18. The Death Zone

19. At the Top of the World.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Onlinr version: Vasquez-Lavado, Silvia. In the shadow of the mountain.

ISBN:

9781250776747

1250776740

OCLC:

1246726206