RaveThe Wall Street JournalMs. Guo’s memoir offers a haunting account of how China’s rapid shift from Maoist ideology to market-driven growth has simultaneously created extraordinary opportunities for the Chinese people and intensified their craving for meaning and purpose in the face of continuing authoritarian controls ... She is especially vivid—and funny—in describing the moments when her childhood intersected with high politics ... Nine Continents shows the rewards of listening to an unleashed voice remembering and speaking with full freedom.
