"Informative and fascinating. A 'must read' for anyone interested in China ..." -- Adeline Yen Mah, author of Falling Leaves The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

"This collection represents an invaluable source as to how women thought and lived their lives during the Resistance War. Their voice not only needs to be heard by the Chinese people but also by Western audiences who are interested in both Chinese culture

"Anyone interested globally in autobiography would do themselves an immense service by reading these texts. For the Western reader ... Reading these remarkable stories will be like stumbling upon an undiscovered country. These stories serve as a valuable

"We have seen short stories written by some of the contributors in this collection, but in contrast ... Their autobiographical writing is less sentimental, contains far more personal experiences ... And delves deeper into individual lives and psyches ...

Jing M. Wang is an Assistant Professor of Chinese Literature and Language at Colgate University. She specializes in twentieth-century Chinese women's autobiographical writings and modern Chinese literature. She is the author of Yingshi rumen (How to read English poetry, Shanghai Translations Publishing House, 1990).