Table of Contents
Chapter 1 My Grandparents' Love 7
Chapter 2 My Mother and My Father 15
Chapter 3 The Fate of Being Labeled Landlord Class 25
Chapter 4 From the "Great Leap Forward" to the "Great Famine" 29
Chapter 5 My Father Meets My Mother 37
Chapter 6 Endless Political Campaigns: People Against People 41
Chapter 7 "Re-education" in Labor Camps 45
Chapter 8 Single Mother Surviving in Guangzhou City 53
Chapter 9 The Start of the Cultural Revolution 59
Chapter 10 A Vagrant Life 65
Chapter 11 Rejoining My Mother and Fighting for a Residence Permit 77
Chapter 12 The Red Shoes 85
Chapter 13 A Wild Countryside Girl 95
Chapter 14 Working for a Point System 105
Chapter 15 A School without Classrooms 113
Chapter 16 My Furry Friends 129
Chapter 17 The Seven Escapes 141
Chapter 18 Arrival in Hong Kong 155
Chapter 19 The "Spy Girl" 161
Chapter 20 Paternal Grandmother's Last Wish 167
Chapter 21 The Campaign to Destroy the "Four Olds" 173
Chapter 22 Public Accusation Meetings 181
Chapter 23 Capricious Fate 195
Chapter 24 A Little Capitalist Trader 201
Chapter 25 The End of Mao's Era 207
Chapter 26 Leaving China 213
Chapter 27 Family Reunion in Hong Kong 221
Chapter 28 Starting a New Life in the USA 237
Chapter 29 Visiting China 241
Chapter 30 Gratitude 251
Author's Note 257
Acknowledgments 259
Appendix A Chronology of Chinese Political Campaigns from 1949-1978 260
Appendix B Family Tree 264
Appendix C The Point System 265
Glossary 266
About the Author 272
