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Inkberry Books: December 14th at 7:00 PM

Author Victress Hitchcock

A Tree with My Name on It: Finding a Way Home


As the 20th century careened towards the finishing line, author Victress Hitchcock moved with her husband from their familiar urban world to a 160-acre historic ranch in the Colorado Rockies. Within months, their lives unraveled, and out of the wreckage a radically new path emerged. Guided by a rich concoction of Buddhist insight


                
            

and horse sense, and a deep friendship with a woman born on the ranch, Victress began a journey that shattered old defenses and loosened the grip of the lifelong fears that bound her.

A Tree With My Name On It is not a handbook on healing trauma. It is a living, breathing, messy story of one woman trying her hardest to free her wounded heart and uncover her true self.

"A riveting and intimate tale of a woman's journey in search of a home, in her body, in her spirit and in the land. I couldn't put it down..." Tsultrim Allione, Author --Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Sacred Feminine

"A beautiful poem of a memoir about what it means to be an American woman, an engaged Buddhist, and a fully alive, open-hearted human being." Brad Wetzler, Author -- Into the Soul of the World, My Journey to Healing

ABOUT

Victress Hitchcock grew up in London, Paris and Madrid as the daughter of a diplomat. After graduating from the London Film School in 1972, she embarked on a 45-year career as a filmmaker, writing, directing, editing and producing award winning

documentary and educational films, which took her to challenging communities across the United States and as far away as Tibet. After retiring from filmmaking, she began writing full time -- poetry, creative non-fiction and screenplays. In 2019, she took a big leap and began writing a memoir. Four years later, A Tree With My Name On It: Finding a Way Home was finished and in the fall of 2023, it was picked up by Bold Story Press.

Victress teaches writing and contemplation workshops, travels and spends time with her children and grandchildren. She is a long-time meditator in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and was ordained as a Buddhist teacher in 2013.