Collection of historical, literary, ethographical essays about the history - Women in traditional Tibet - and present situation of women in Tibet - Modern Tibetan Women, offering data and reflection on certain topics, like the lives of individual women. Based on texts, anthropological data, literature, newspaper articles, fieldwork and oral history.
Karko left her London life for life in a tent in Tibet, with her Tibetan husband. It portrays the life of the Tibetan nomads, their shamanic rituals and buddhist practices and their worship of nature.