Maggie Doyne Releases her Memoir in South Asia
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
We are excited to announce that Humanitarian and Co-Founder Maggie Doyne’s memoir, Between the Mountain and the Sky: A Mother’s Story of Love, Loss, Healing, and Hope, is launching in Nepal and South Asian countries. Maggie and her supporters will be celebrating with a launch event on April 29 at the Hotel Himalaya, Kupondole, Lalitpur, at 11:00 AM. We cordially extend invitations to journalists in Nepal to attend the book launch event.
Quixote’s Cove is the publishing and distributing partner for the South Asian edition of the book. Preorders and delivery are available throughout Nepal and other South Asian Countries from Thuprai.
As our CEO and co-founder, Maggie has been globally recognized for her community-based and sustainable initiatives abroad. The book highlights her inspirational coming of age story spanning over a decade since she journeyed from her comfortable middle-class New Jersey home for the college gap year that forever changed the trajectory of her life.
When Maggie first arrived in Surkhet, Nepal the area was just coming out of a civil war that left families in poverty and many children orphaned on the streets. After an unexpected encounter with a Nepali girl breaking rocks in a quarry, she decided to invest her life savings of five thousand dollars to buy a piece of land and open the Kopila Valley Children’s Home with a vision to care for, comfort, educate, and empower the children of the community. Alongside BlinkNow Co-Founder Tope Malla, Maggie has gone on to open a school, health clinic, women’s center, and more, and was recognized for her remarkable initiatives as a 2015 CNN Hero of the Year.
This page-turning memoir documents Maggie's incredibly personal, and at times heartbreaking, journey to helping the community in Surkhet. Readers will be captured by her journey of love, loss, healing, and hope.
Early praise for the book includes:
"This soulful story of tenacity is immensely inspiring." - Publisher's Weekly
"In this inspiring account, Doyne reminds us, "All we can do, as life rushes in and out, is hold each other close and let love shape us." - Booklist
"Maggie has the courage to act for the good when she sees a need and the conscience to use her privilege to empower others. She is a heart warrior of the first order, and I'm grateful and honored to count her among my dearest friends." - Cheryl Strayed
"She is what I wish I could be-what I wish we all could be. Her story has already inspired countless thousands of people, and it's time the world had a book about her." - Elizabeth Gilbert