She followed with loving eyes the departing figure of her son.

Aalatengwula's mother is herself an expert in Mongolian long-tone folk songs. He says it's a vital but endangered part of the culture.

That was the softly running water beneath, hidden from sight, its colour invisible, though the leaves looked more graceful than ever.

Ups and downs of tea because it released its fragrance, and life, and only suffered setbacks and frustrations again and again, which was to stimulate the tenderness of life fragrance!

The reader cannot help wondering if she would have written quite such an affectionate book had Mr Strauss-Kahn's arrest taken place before it was published.