VICKI MACKENZIE is a professional journalist and author who has written for the national and international press for over 40 years. Her articles have appeared inThe Sunday Times, The Observer, The DailyandSunday Telegraph,theDaily Mail,and many national magazines. She has written extensively on Buddhist topics and was the first person to publish an interview with the Dalai Lama forThe Sunday Times.She has been studying and practicing Buddhism since 1976.
“This book is a worthy record of a truly fascinating woman.”—Diana
Athill, author of Somewhere Towards the End, Stet: An Editor’s
Life, and Alive, Alive Oh!
“An inspiring biography that will appeal to Buddhists and
non-Buddhists alike.”—David Michie, author of Buddhism for Busy
People
“Vicki Mackenzie captures the spirit of Freda Bedi, whose fierce
compassion guided her through the shoals of political activism,
motherhood, and finally bringing Buddhism to the West.”—Wendy
Garling, author, Stars at Dawn: Forgotten Stories of Women in
the Buddha’s Life
“An enthralling story about an indomitable woman, who cared deeply
about the suffering and inequalities of the world—and did something
about them. Freda Bedi was a big woman, with a big heart and a big
life.”—Joanna Lumley
“Vicki Mackenzie has written an engrossing and dramatic account of
an extraordinary spiritual adventurer who lived the equivalent of
four or five lifetimes all packed into one! As she did
with Cave in the Snow: A Western Woman's Quest for
Enlightenment, the stellar biography of Tenzin Palmo, the second
Western woman to become a Tibetan Buddhist nun, Mackenzie stirs our
souls by giving us a vivid portrait of a disciplined and dedicated
life.”—Spirituality & Practice
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