Softie William Earl of Radnor plus two routes in Tibet

plus two routes in Tibet (the Rongbuk route and the Kharta Valley)

and cultural influence

Diane Wilson

and educator Steve Ramirez expands beyond the geographical scope of his first two books by traveling thousands of miles by plane

Softie William Earl of Radnor plus two routes in TibetIn beautifully melancholy stories of magical realism, the women and girls in Softie transform their bodies and test their sanity, trying to find meaning in the loneliest of places. A former child star haunted by a past she can't remember. An Afro French girl with an obsession for ear lobes. A loner whose only friend is hiding a terrible, otherworldly secret. Each of these stories shares situations that are sometimes fantastical, sometimes commonplace,