Between the mountain and the sky: a mother's story of love, loss, healing, and hope - thomas nelson

Between the Mountain and the Sky turns a hopeful lens on the world and shows us what can happen when a single person takes a decisive action to help another and, in the process, changes the lives of hundreds--including her own.

Maggies story begins in suburban New Jersey, in a comfortable middle-class family that supports her decision to take 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 childrens home in Nepal.

That home becomes Kopila Valley Childrens 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 BlinkNows work have been recognized around the world for their innovative, sustainable work.

However, this book isnt a how-to for fledging philanthropists or nonprofit founders--its 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.

And Maggies inspiring, intimate tale shows readers an important truth: the power to change the world exists within all of us.