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Book SynopsisThe author records her life from her early years as the daughter of Chinese diplomats in Switzerland, to her girlhood at an elite middle school in Beijing, to her adolescent experience as a Red Guard and later as a laborer on a pig farm in the remote northern wilderness. This title tells her story.
Table of ContentsPreface to the Fifteenth Anniversary Edition Author's Note 1. A Strange Gift from the Pig Farm 2. Old Monkey Monster 3* Nainai's Story Turned into a Nightmare 4* Nainai Failed Her Ancestors 5* Why Did Father Join the Revolution? 6. Second Uncle Was a Paper Tiger 7. The Chinese CIA 8. When Famine Hit 9* A Vicious Girl 10. Aunty's Name Was Chastity 11. Beijing 101 Middle School 12. The Hero in My Dreams 13* At the Center of the Storm 14* Red Guards Had No Sex 15* Semi-transparent Nights 16. "The Hero, Once Departed, Will Never Come Back" 17. In a Village, Think, Feel, and Be a Peasant 18. "The Tree May Wish to Stand Still, but the Wind Will Not Subside" 19. Death of a Hero: Nainai's Last Story 20. Remorse 2!. Friends and Others 22. My First Love, a Big Mistake? 23. What Have I Lost? What Have I Gained? 24. Epilogue
