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What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth
Crown
February 2011
On Sale: February 8, 2011
304 pages
ISBN: 0307453022
EAN: 9780307453020
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Lisa Napoli was in the grip of a crisis, dissatisfied with
her life and her work as a radio journalist. When a chance
encounter with a handsome stranger presented her with an
opportunity to move halfway around the world, Lisa left
behind cosmopolitan Los Angeles for a new adventure in the
ancient Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan—said to be one of the
happiest places on earth.
Long isolated from industrialization and just beginning to
open its doors to the modern world, Bhutan is a deeply
spiritual place, devoted to environmental conservation and
committed to the happiness of its people—in fact, Bhutan
measures its success in Gross National Happiness rather than
in GNP. In a country without a single traffic light, its
citizens are believed to be among the most content in the
world. To Lisa, it seemed to be a place that offered the
opposite of her fast-paced life in the United States, where
the noisy din of sound-bite news and cell phones dominate
our days, and meaningful conversation is a rare commodity;
where everyone is plugged in digitally, yet rarely connects
with the people around them.
Thousands of miles away from everything and everyone she
knows, Lisa creates a new community for herself. As she
helps to start Bhutan’s first youth-oriented radio station,
Kuzoo FM, she must come to terms with her conflicting
feelings about the impact of the medium on a country that
had been shielded from its effects. Immersing herself in
Bhutan’s rapidly changing culture, Lisa realizes that her
own perspective on life is changing as well—and that she is
discovering the sense of purpose and joy that she has been
yearning for.
In this smart, heartfelt, and beautifully written book, sure
to please fans of transporting travel narratives and
personal memoirs alike, Lisa Napoli discovers that the world
is a beautiful and complicated place—and comes to appreciate
her life for the adventure it is.
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