Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama	vii
Preface by Joy Blakeslee	ix
Part I. Before the Years of Sorrow	1
Prologue	3
Chapter 1. Childhood in the Land of Flowers	5
Chapter 2. From Nyarong	11
Chapter 3. Family and Traditions	17
Chapter 4. Memories of Karze	31
Part II. Invasion and Imprisonment	41
Chapter 5. The Advent of Communism	43
Chapter 6. Forgotten Promises	61
Chapter 7. Desperate Battles	75
Chapter 8. Arrest	85
Chapter 9. "We Will See that You Suffer for the Rest of Your Life"	101
Chapter 10. Gothang Gyalgo	117
Part III. Lotus in the Lake	137
Chapter 11. Pouring Water on a Stone	139
Chapter 12. Reunions	165
Part IV. An Unstilled Voice	187
Chapter 13. Liberalization	189
Chapter 14. Freedom	217
Chapter 15. "Testimony for the Dead and the Living"	229
Epilogue: The Wheel of Time	237
Appendix: Historical Summary	243
Glossary of Names, Places, and Terms	251
Bibliography	257
Resources on Tibet	258