Canada: Random House of Canada, 2002. Hdb ISBN 0679312250

UK, Australia, New Zealand: Chatto & Windus, 2002. Hdb ISBN 0701173459

USA: Pantheon Books, 2002.
Hdb ISBN: 0375422013

Many are aware of the great achievements of modern China, as it gradually emerges from more than a century of almost unbelievable social turmoil and political upheaval. Xinran's riveting book introduces the reader to a side of China that is rarely brought to the foreground. Overcoming government censorship, for a period of eight years she presented a program on Radio Nanjing, Words on the Night Breeze. This program became famous throughout this vast country for its unflinching portrait of what it means to be a woman in modern China. Xinran had the capacity to win the trust of her listeners and, through her compassion and ability to listen, became someone to whom women could share the true stories of their lives. The result - true accounts of political and personal upheavals - is an intensely moving and engaging book. These stories changed Xinran's understanding of her own country, and they reveal the lives of Chinese women in a way that becomes a journey of discovery for the reader.