From the Book - 1st Anchor books ed.
"Three-Inch Golden Lilies" concubine to a warlord general (1909-1933)
"Even Plain Cold Water Is Sweet" my grandmother marries a Manchu doctor (1933-1938)
"They All Say What a Happy Place Manchukuo Is" life under the Japanese (1938-1945)
"Slaves Who Have No Country of Your Own" ruled by different masters (1945-1947)
"Daughter for Sale for 10 Kilos of Rice" in battle for a new China (1947-1948)
"Talking about Love" a revolutionary marriage (1948-1949)
"Going Through the Five Mountain Passes" my mother's long march (1949-1950)
"Returning Home Robed in Embroidered Silk" to family and bandits (1949-1951)
"When a Man Gets Power, Even His Chickens and Dogs Rise to Heaven" living with an incorruptible man (1951-1953)
"Suffering Will Make you a Better Communist" my mother falls under suspicion (1953-1956)
"After the Anti-Rightist Campaign No One Opens Their Mouth" China silenced (1956-1958)
"Capable Women Can Make a Meal without Food" famine (1958-1962)
"Thousand-Gold Little Precious" in a privileged cocoon (1958-1965)
"Father Is Close, Mother Is Close, but Neither Is as Close as Chairman Mao" the Cult of Mao (1964-1965)
"Destroy First, and Construction Will Look After Itself" the cultural revolution begins (1965-1966)
"Soar to Heaven, and Pierce the Earth" Mao's red guards (June-August 1966)
"Do You Want Our Children to Become Blacks?" my parents' dilemma (August-October 1966)
"More Than Gigantic Wonderful News" pilgrimage to Peking (October-December 1966)
"Where There is a Will to Condemn, There is Evidence" my parents tormented (December 1966-1967)
I Will Not Sell My Soul" my father arrested (1967-1968)
"Giving Charcoal in Snow" my siblings and my friends (1967-1968)
"Thought Reform through Labor" to the edge of the Himalayas (January-June 1969)
"The More Books You Read, the More Stupid You Become" I work as a peasant and a barefoot doctor (June 1969-1971)
"Please Accept My Apologies That Come a Lifetime Too Late" my parents in camps (1969-1972)
"The Fragrance of Sweet Wind" a new life with the electricians' manual and six crises (1972-1973)
"Sniffing after Foreigners' Farts and Calling Them Sweet" learning English in Mao's wake (1972-1974)
If This Is Paradise, What Then Is Hell?" the death of my father (1974-1976)
Fighting to take wing (1976-1978)
From the Book - 1st Touchstone ed.
"Three-inch golden lilies": Concubine to a warlord general (1909-1933)
"Even plain cold water is sweet": My grandmother marries a Manchu doctor (1933-1938)
"They all say what a happy place Manchukuo is": Life under the Japanese (1938-1945)
"Slaves who have no country of your own": Ruled by different masters (1945-1947)
"Daughter for sale for 10 kilos of rice": In battle for a New China (1947-1948)
"Talking about love": A revolutionary marriage (1948-1949)
"Going through the Five Mountain Passes": My mother's long march (1949-1950)
"Returning home robed in embroidered silk": To family and bandits (1949-1951)
"When a man gets power, even his chickens and dogs rise in heaven": Living with an incorruptible man (1951-1953)
"Suffering will make you a better communist": My mother falls under suspicion (1953-1956)
"After the Anti-Rightist campaign no one opens their mouth": China silenced (1958-1962)
"Capable women can make a meal without food": Famine (1958-1962)
"Thousand-gold little precious": In a privileged cocoon (1958-1965)
"Father is close, Mother is close, but neither is as close as Chairman Mao": The cult of Mao (1964-1965)
"Destroy first, and construction will look after itself": The Cultural Revolution begins (1956-1966)
"Soar to heaven, and pierce the Earth": Mao's Red Guards (June-August 1966)
"Do you want our children to become 'Blacks'?": My parents' dilemma (August-October 1966)
"More than gigantic wonderful news": Pilgrimage to Peking (October-December 1966)
"Where there is a will to condemn, there is evidence": My parents tormented (December 1966-1967)
"I will not sell my soul": My father arrested (1967-1968)
"Giving charcoal in snow": My siblings and my friends (1967-1968)
"Thought reform through labor": To the edge of the Himalayas (January-June 1969)
"The more books you read, the more stupid you become": I work as a peasant and a barefoot doctor (June 1969-1971)
"Please accept my apologies that come a lifetime too late": My parents in camps (1969-1972)
"The fragrance of sweet wind": A new life with The Electricians' Manual and Six Crises (1972-1973)
"Sniffing after foreigners' farts and calling them sweet": Learning English in Mao's wake (1972-1974)
"If this is paradise, what then is hell?": The death of my father (1974-1976)
Fighting to take wing (1976-1978).
