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Informationen zum Autor Leza Lowitz is an accidental global citizen--bicultural mother, modern yogini, and multi-genre author of over seventeen books. She has received the APALA Award in Young Adult Literature, the U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission Award, the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Poetry, a Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a California Arts Council Individual Fellowship in Poetry, a National Endowment for the Humanities Independent Scholar Fellowship, and the PEN Syndicated Fiction Award. Her books Yoga Poems: Lines to Unfold By and Jet Black & The Ninja Wind are amazon best-sellers. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, Yoga Journal, Yoga International, Shambhala Sun, The Best Buddhist Writing, The Huffington Post, and The Japan Times. Up from the Sea, her Young Adult novel in verse about Japan's March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, will be published by Crown Books for Young Readers in 2016. Klappentext At 44, a Berkeley-raised American woman teaching yoga in Japan seeks to adopt-a story of triumphant love for families everywhere. Zusammenfassung At 44! a Berkeley-raised American woman teaching yoga in Japan seeks to adopt--a story of triumphant love for families everywhere. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTSAbout the ChakrasPrologue: Ma, 1996PART I - Mûlâdhâra - FIRST CHAKRAJAPANFree Jazz, 1993Bad DateOne Good ManMarried with KidsSan Francisco, 1966Key West, Florida 1968Berkeley, 1971Queen HelenA Cup of Japanese TeaFootstepsGood Date, 1993Not To Seek For LoveHome Again, 1994Part II - Svâdhishthâna - SECOND CHAKRA -CALIFORNIARoom of My OwnThe Sake BarrelJAPANGo-EnGirls' Day, 1995The Street of Least ResistancePassing OnCALIFORNIAAn Ocean AwayAttack, 1984You'll Fall in Love with a Japanese ManHelen Keller's HandIt's A WrapExpatriate in My Own Skin, 1997PracticeLovingkindnessCollapseSisters, 1999ReadyTests, 2000PART III - Manipûra - THIRD CHAKRACALIFORNIAAnne Frank's AuntGood NewsThe RingHaiku, Hawaii, 2001PeleOut of HidingHigh Alert, 2001PART IV - Anâhata - FOURTH CHAKRAJAPANHeartlines, 2004UnexplainedSun and MoonLost in TranslationBad News, 2003Proud FleshChinese DaggersBaby Bump Watch, 2005ElegyPART V - Vishuddha - FIFTH CHAKRAINDIAAmma, August 2005JAPANWestern MedicineOne Beautiful Egg, 2006Water ChildrenRegret, 2009Mother's DayFaithFailing ForwardLetting GoHawaiiClean &ClearPART VI - Âjña - SIXTH CHAKRAJAPANAdoption, 2006Starstruck, September 2006First StepsBloodlinesOutside InLow PriorityFalling Through The CracksGuidelinesGiving and TakingA Child Who Requires ProtectionThe Baby BoxThe BoyHugPerpetual YesThe ProblemObsessionPART VII - Sahasrâra - SEVENTH CHAKRAINDIAThe Middle WayVaranasiShiva PujaCity of SeersPART VIII - The Eighth Chakra -AncestorsHere Comes the SunFirst Meeting, 2007Home StudyFlying BirdOyatsuDay VisitHomeHomeMama-Papa-Yuto-AskaOwnershipFriendAll That has Divided Us Will MergeSayonaraWisdomSkinshipScatteredCourt & SparkDyeing a ClothThe Third TurningMataStoriesBreastfeedingNamesMaking a SpaceKindergartenNanijinGlobal VillagePandas and Black KnightsFrom My HeartHouse of DreamsWhere Does the Daytime Go?Letter to Yuto's CaretakerHari KuyôWhose Tummy?HealingTiger MomMarch 11, 2011The Peace ZoneAftershocksHomeMagicProtestWhy The Caged Bird SingsLetting GoReferencesAdoption Agencies in JapanAfterwordAcknowledgements...
