One of the first woman journalists to travel freely with the Afghan mujahedeen during the Soviet occupation in the late s and early s, Denker, a freelance writer and photographer, exchanged the safety and comfort of her Southern California home for a world on the bridge of fire to find powerful family and spiritual bonds with a people and culture torn apart by war. Her subsequent travels to Pakistan and India were fueled by a passion for the land and its people as well a keen eye for detail. Whether hiking dangerous mountain passes in the remote Hindu Kush or assisting dying women at Mother Teresas hospice in Calcutta,her indomitable strength and compassion resonate throughout this fascinating account of a life-transforming journey. This is a powerful narrative of one womans search for kinship and sisterhood, beauty and grace in a violent world.