Take a moment to share a remarkable life journey from another corner of the world. From many millions this is but one Chinese woman's passionate story of self-discovery. The only girl amongst her sisters in her poor, rural family to go to college, Hong Ye gives her all in life to her career and her marriage but things do not turn out quite as she had hoped. In this translated memoir we follow Hong Ye from her passionate and poetic first love, through ten years of marriage and emerging free market business ventures, through imprisonment and through divorce. Hong Ye emerges from this journey of self-discovery having learned much more about herself and the world around her and as she relives her experiences you will find honesty, passion and warmth in this well-observed slice of an 'ordinary' Chinese woman's life.