| Description |
xii, 256 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Dear reader -- Prologue: sunrise -- Rock-breaking girl -- Brick by brick -- In the blink of an eye -- Homecoming -- Moonstar -- Kites in the sky -- Sisters -- Little wing -- Boksi -- The tiniest bud -- White light -- Dead plants -- One brave thing -- Love letters -- The new land -- A long shadow -- Ruby sunshine -- Dear children -- Epilogue: satsung. |
| Summary |
"Maggie's story begins in suburban New Jersey, in a comfortable middle-class family that supports her decision to travel the world during a gap year before starting college. During her travels, the trajectory of her life alters when she has a surprise encounter with a Nepali girl breaking rocks in a quarry. Maggie decides to invest her life savings of five thousand dollars to buy a piece of land and open a children's home in Nepal. That home becomes Kopila Valley Children's Home, and eventually, the nonprofit Maggie launches, the BlinkNow Foundation, also starts the Kopila Valley School, which provides tuition-free education for more than four hundred students. Maggie and BlinkNow's work have been recognized around the world for their innovative, sustainable work. However, this book isn't a how-to for fledging philanthropists or nonprofit founders -- it's a coming-of-age story about a young woman suspended between two worlds, as well as the love, loss, healing, and hope she experiences along the way"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Children -- Institutional care -- Nepal.
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Schools -- Nepal.
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BlinkNow Foundation.
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Doyne, Maggie.
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Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.
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Americans -- Nepal -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Miller, Shannon Lee, author.
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| ISBN |
9780785240280 (hardcover) |
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0785240284 (hardcover) |
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