Peace in Winter gardens - Ordinary People Extraordinary Lives

Author: Anees JungPublisher: PenguinYear: 2000Language: EnglishPages: 239ISBN/UPC (if available): 0140295712 DescriptionA travelogue of stories about some of the most difficult human problems on the planet and the creative ways in which visionary individuals and groups have risen above them to gain a view of their membership in the human family. Ms Jung tells the stories with extraordinary perceptiveness, openness and sensitivity. Written in a universalistic spirit, they will help to rescue those who feel perpetually trapped in the deathly hold of divisive inter-ethnic and international conflict and they give bright hope for genuine reconciliation and lasting peace. Anees Jung's book is one of hope. The landscape of hopelessness through which she travels, whether it is Ireland or the Holy Land or suddenly coming across a woman planting tomatoes in the ruins of Bosnia, speaks of the indomitable spirit that awakes in men and women who are on notice. With its vivid dialogues and unstat