Tap Dancing on Everest by Mimi Zieman, MD Genre: Memoir / Climbing ISBN: 9781493078431 Print Length: 244 pages Reviewed by Warren Maxwell Beginning at the dramatic climax of a years-in-the-making expedition to climb Evere… Read on blog or Reader Independent Book Review Read on blog or Reader STARRED Book Review: Tap Dancing on Everest IndieBookView June 19 Tap Dancing on Everest by Mimi Zieman, MD Genre: Memoir / Climbing ISBN: 9781493078431 Print Length: 244 pages Reviewed by Warren Maxwell Beginning at the dramatic climax of a years-in-the-making expedition to climb Everest's east face without oxygen for the first time, Zieman's memoir doubles back to trace the bumpy path that led her to become the team medical officer as a twenty-five year old medical school student.  What materializes is a deep portrait of Mimi's youth and milieu in New York as the ambitious daughter of two Holocaust survivors. Her father's entire family was killed in Latvia while her maternal grandmother fled Germany for Palestine with her young daughter, Mimi's mother. Living with the legacy of such a brutal and incomprehensible past reverberates in Zieman, triggering eating disorders, an unrequited love of dance, and an ultimate turn toward medicine.  While plagued by her family's expectations and rules, mountains and trekking become an early source of independence. Through a series of split decisions and journeys, Zieman ends up alone in the Nepali Himalayas, hiking for weeks on end and forging relationships with fellow hikers that take her all the way to the feet of Everest. Continue reading Comment

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