When 20 year-old Meng Ning declares that she wants to be a Buddhist nun, her mother is aghast. In her eyes, a nun's life means only deprivation - 'no freedom, no love, no meat.' But, to Meng Ning, it means the chance to control her own destiny, and to live in an oasis of music, art and poetry far from her parents' unhappy union. *This Book May Have Remainder Mark & Deckle Edges*
