"This is a powerful, moving, at times shocking account of three generations of Chinese women, as compelling as Amy Tan." --Mary Morris. "An evocative, often astonishing view of life in a changing China." --The New York Times

AUTHOR'S NOTE

9

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FAMILY TREE

11

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CHRONOLOGY

13

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1. "Three-Inch Golden Lilies" Concubine to a Warlord General (1909-1933)

21

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2. "Even Plain Cold Water Is Sweet" My Grandmother Marries a Manchu Doctor (1933-1938)

43

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3. "They All Say What a Happy Place Manchukuo Is" Life under the Japanese (1938-1945)

62

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4. "Slaves Who Have No Country of Your Own" Ruled by Different Masters (1945-1947)

75

(19)

5. "Daughter for Sale for 10 Kilos of Rice" In Battle for a New China (1947-1948)

94

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6. "Talking about Love" A Revolutionary Marriage (1948-1949)

115

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7. "Going through the Five Mountain Passes" My Mother's Long March (1949-1950)

140

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8. "Returning Home Robed in Embroidered Silk" To Family and Bandits (1949-1951)

151

(19)

9. "When a Man Gets Power, Even His Chickens and Dogs Rise to Heaven" Living with an Incorruptible Man (1951-1953)

170

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10. "Suffering Will Make You a Better Communist" My Mother Falls under Suspicion (1953-1956)

191

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11. "After the Anti-Rightist Campaign No One Opens Their Mouth" China Silenced (1956-1958)

204

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12. "Capable Women Can Make a Meal without Food" Famine (1958-1962)

220

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13. "Thousand-Gold Little Precious" In a Privileged Cocoon (1958-1965)

240

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14. "Father Is Close, Mother Is Close, but Neither Is as Close as Chairman Mao" The Cult of Mao (1964-1965)

256

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15. "Destroy First, and Construction Will Look After Itself" The Cultural Revolution Begins (1965-1966)

273

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16. "Soar to Heaven, and Pierce the Earth" Mao's Red Guards (June-August 1966)

282

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17. "Do You Want Our Children to Become `Blacks'?" My Parents' Dilemma (August-October 1966)

297

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18. "More Than Gigantic Wonderful News" Pilgrimage to Peking (October-December 1966)

308

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19. "Where There Is a Will to Condemn, There Is Evidence" My Parents Tormented (December 1966-1967)

323

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20. "I Will Not Sell My Soul" My Father Arrested (1967-1968)

341

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21. "Giving Charcoal in Snow" My Siblings and My Friends (1967-1968)

362

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22. "Thought Reform through Labor" To the Edge of the Himalayas (January-June 1969)

379

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23. "The More Books You Read, the More Stupid You Become" I Work as a Peasant and a Barefoot Doctor (June 1969-1971)

406

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24. "Please Accept My Apologies That Come a Lifetime Too Late" My Parents in Camps (1969-1972)

429

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25. "The Fragrance of Sweet Wind" A New Life with The Electricians' Manual and Six Crises (1972-1973)

444

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26. "Sniffing after Foreigners' Farts and Calling Them Sweet" Learning English in Mao's Wake (1972-1974)

458

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27. "If This Is Paradise, What Then Is Hell?" The Death of My Father (1974-1976)

475

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28. Fighting to Take Wing (1976-1978)

495

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EPILOGUE

506

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INDEX

509

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