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Stand in the Traffic: A Himalayan Adoption Story
by Kate Saunders
978-1-948692-22-9 paper 20.95
978-1-948692-23-6 ebook 9.99
6×9, 300 pp.
Memoir
August 2020
Kate is a thirty-something-year-old adventurer and single mother who sells her stateside business to go to Kathmandu, Nepal with her young son, Jack. Her intention is to adopt an orphaned toddler named Devi, a little girl she knows only from a photograph. The expedition ends up completely redirecting Kate’s moral compass and forcing her to find peace within chaos. Stand in the Traffic is the story of Kate’s year long journey through culture shock, paperwork delays, and revolution. As the days drift by, Kate struggles to connect with the stoic little girl whose charcoal eyes and visible scars betray her elusive past.
In Stand in the Traffic, Kate’s fresh, engaging voice speaks to women’s issues, parenting, politics, and adventure travel. Readers will be captivated by Kate and her family. Unlike other adoption retrospectives, this is not the dry, drawn out account of bureaucracy and childlessness, but rather a heart-pounding journey to the land of rickshaw wallahs and orange-clad saddhus, incense laden temples, and sly street dogs. As the months unfold, Kate finds herself contentedly immersed in Devi’s vibrant culture, in spite of the revolution brewing just down the lane. Kate’s story of immersion in a foreign culture leads readers into an enchanted dreamscape.
Kate Saunders is a first-time author, but a life-long writer and avid entrepreneur. Following spinal surgery and a subsequent near-death experience, she felt compelled to reevaluate her life and reinvent herself through activism and writing. She views Stand in the Traffic as a subtle path to raise her readers’ awareness.
Roger & Marsha Smith –
An amazing, tear jerking at times, read. I simply couldn’t put it down.
Roger & Marsha Smith
Bryan, TX
kpdavis –
This is an emotional book. Thank goodness Kate Saunders is such a good writer that she is able to make us feel such a wide range of emotions as she relives one very important year of her life: the year she spent adopting her daughter. Her seven-year-old son plays an important role as he entertains everyone throughout.
Jacqueline Davis –
This book will make you laugh AND cry