Nowhere to Call Home A Tibetan in Beijing

Widowed at 28 Tibetan farmer Zanta defies her tyrannical fatherinlaw and refuses to marry his other son When Zantas inlaws wont let her sevenyearold go to school she flees to Beijing to become a street vendor Destitute she inveigles an American customer into paying her boys school fees On a holiday trip back to her village Zantas inlaws take her son hostage drawing the unwitting American into the violent family feud The two women forge a partnership in a bid to outmaneuver the inlaws