Feather in the Storm
by Emily Wu | 
Red Scarf Girl
by Ji-li Jiang | 
Red Azalea
by Anchee Min | 
Bound Feet & Western Dress
by Pang-Mei Chang | 
The Secret Piano
by Zhu Xiao-Mei | 
From Emperor to Citizen
by Pu Yi |
Red China Blues
by Jan Wong | 
Mao's Last Dancer
by Li Cunxin | 
Wild Swans
by Jung Chang | 
Leaving Mother Lake
by Yang Erche Namu | 
A Thousand Pieces of Gold
by Adeline Yen Mah |
Little Green
by Chun Yu | 
Snow Falling in Spring
by Moying Li | 
Falling Leaves
by Adeline Yen Mah | 
Chinese Lessons
by John Pomfret | 
Dear Leader
by Jang Jin-sung | 
On Gold Mountain
by Lisa See | 
Lilla's Feast
by Frances Osborne |
A River in Darkness
by Masaji Ishikawa | 
Seabiscuit
by Laura Hillenbrand |
In August 1966 a group of Red Guards ransacked the home of Nien Cheng. Her background made her an obvious target for the fanatics of the Cultural Revolution: educated in London, the widow of an official of Chiang Kai-Shek's regime, and an employee of Shell Oil, Nien Cheng enjoyed comforts that few of her compatriots could afford. When she refused to confess that any of this made her an enemy of the state, she was placed in solitary confinement, where she would remain for more than six years. "Life and Death in Shanghai" is the powerful story of Nien Cheng's imprisonment, of the deprivation she endured, of her heroic resistance, and of her quest for justice when she was released. It is the story, too, of a country torn apart by the savage fight for power Mao Tse-tung launched in his campaign to topple party moderates. An incisive, rare personal account of a terrifying chapter in twentieth-century history, "Life and Death in Shanghai" is also an astounding portrait of one woman's courage.